Inspector General Overanxious is provoked into building a stockade and laying siege to the Gaulish village. Rising to the challenge, Asterix bets the Prefect that he will escape the stockade and tour Gaul, collecting its regional specialities for a banquet, to which he will invite the Prefect.
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"Wit, humane insights, and physical antics allow readers to join the fun...has cross-generational appeal."--"Booklist"
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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 34 Asterix albums. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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 34 Asterix albums. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Format:Hardcover
'Asterix and the Banquet' is the 5th of 31 adventures published between 1961and 2001; This adventure is from 1965, although it did not manage a UK publication until 1979. It is the most French adventure, being literally a tour of France. The Romans beseige the village, enraging the Gauls. Asterix and Obelix decide to travel Gaul assembling a Banquet from specialities across the country to show the Romans that the Gauls are entitled to travel in their own country if they want to. Their journey around Gaul, from their village (somewhere on the North-Western peninsula between Tregastel-Plage and Perros Guirec), goes Clockwise round France, through Rouen, Paris, Cambrai, Rheims, Metz, Lyon, Nice, Marseilles, Toulouse, Agen, Bordeux and Le Conquet, before returning to their village. The story is not as focused as some of the finest adventures, but this is still a good story. Many of the laughs are about the French people and the incompetent occupying Roman army. Obelix first meets his faithful dog Dogmatix, who follows Obelix from outside a Pork Butcher in Paris (Lutetia) unnoticed by our heroes until they return to the Gaulish Village. This new re-inked and re-coloured edition is not much changed compared to the (already good quality) 1979 edition. It is glossier and a little brighter, but the improvement is not as marked as with earlier adventures.
By Fumsy Wumsy
Format:Hardcover
Always a fan of asterix and obelix, i enjoy the comedy in it and the artistry.
will recomend it anyday.
will recomend it anyday.
Format:Paperback
This is one of those rare Asterix books where we get to meet other characters from the village out of their natural habitiat. In this case Chief Vitalstatistix is visiting his brother in law, and takes our intrepid heroes along for the ride, on ampora leads to another and soon Asterix and Obelix are treking around Gaul looking for delicacies for the inevitable final banquet. As usual there are plenty of Romans and magic potion to spice things up. If you are already a fan of Asterix then thhis book will definitely not disappoint, if you've never read about the exploits of the little Gaul before, then what have you been doing? Buy this immediately!
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great for boys
My son is tearing through these Asterix books. They were recommended to us by a specialist teacher as the language used in them is so varied. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ang
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Middling to good adventure
Not a bad series of escapades and scuffles here but it is essentially a shopping trip across Ancient Gaul, looking not too dissimilar to modern France to me, but it is a few years... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2007 by Lou Knee
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