Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Asterix chez les Bretons
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 307 ( 09/09/1965)
First album edition: 1966
Cartoon film adaptation: Asterix in Britain in 1986
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One little ancient Briiths village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedicus Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink. It's not quite cricket - how about a nice cup of hot water, though? Or even the first ever tea-party?
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What the druids have to say about Asterix in Britain
The visit to the Tower of Londinium is a brilliant example of the authors' humour and the complicity between text and image in their work. This album is one of the greats. The authors run wild between the barrels of warm beer mixed up with the one containing the magic potion and the reference to hip Briton bards shown with screaming fans. There's no point looking for the pun in the name of chief Cassivellaunos, on page 6, because there isn't one. Cassivellaunos did indeed exist: he was the supreme chief of the Britons. On the other hand, we're not so sure that Mykingdomforanos did actually thwart Caesar's plans.
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Character profiles of the album Asterix in Britain
Anticlimax,
Asterix,
Cacofonix,
Dogmatix,
Fulliautomatix,
Getafix,
Julius Caesar,
Obelix,
Pegleg,
Pirate Lookout,
Redbeard,
Vitalstatistix,
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Various versions of the album Asterix in Britain
Asterix in Britain
Classic paperback collection N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-619-2
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48 | Hardback edition N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-618-5
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48 | |
The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
©2010 - Les Editions Albert-René/Goscinny-Uderzo
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