Asterix: Asterix and Caesar's Gift

Rene Goscinny

ISBN 10: 075286646X / ISBN 13: 9780752866468

Published by Little, Brown Book Group, GB, 2005

About this Item

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now! When Legionary Tremensdelirius gets the title deeds to the little Gaulish village as a bonus, he swaps them with tavern landlord Orthopaedix for a drink. Funnily enough, Asterix and his friends aren't keen to hand over their village to anyone else. After a chieftaincy election campaign and a showdown with the Romans, both events fiercely contested, can all still end well?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Asterix: Asterix and Caesar's Gift
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, GB
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075286646X
• ISBN 13: 9780752866468
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Uderzo, Albert
• Condition: New
• Weight: 238 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now!
When Legionary Tremensdelirius gets the title deeds to the little Gaulish village as a bonus, he swaps them with tavern landlord Orthopaedix for a drink. Funnily enough, Asterix and his friends aren't keen to hand over their village to anyone else. After a chieftaincy election campaign and a showdown with the Romans, both events fiercely contested, can all still end well?

About the Authors

Albert Uderzo has been illustrating Asterix for 37 years, and has written the most recent titles since Goscinny's death. He enjoys racing sports cars and owns a large number of Ferraris. He was the recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, for services to the arts. Asterix is a best seller in 70 languages

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.

Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 38 Asterix albums, the 39th to come in October 2021.