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Asterix in Britain
by: René Goscinny

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5944
EAN: 9780752866192
ISBN: 0752866192
Label: Orion
Manufacturer: Orion
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: May 20, 2004
Publisher: Orion
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Orion
Sales Rank: 8589

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A rollicking adventure through a strange land
Not the best written story, it's not very inventive and feels quite loose, but is still very satirical, with plenty of references to our very different customs. Our Gallic heroes seem to get quite cross after a while with their cousins from across the water, for being so...well, English! A pacy adventure through Ancient Britain, complete with warm beer and strange customs. Very popular here, for obvious reasons, but I'm not sure if this is even in my top ten.

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- Jolly good Asterix adventure, what.
'Asterix in Britain' is the 8th of 31 adventures published between 1961and 2001; This adventure is from 1966. This is a classic adventure set in Britain. Britain has been conquered by the Romans, except for one village in Cantium (Kent). Asterix and Obelix travel to Britain to help the village with a barrel of magic potion. The jokes come thick and fast. The Britons serve their Boar boiled, served with Mint sauce and drink warm beer (To the disgust of our heroes). Britain is lovingly reproduced: Everything stopping at 5.00 for a nice cup of hot water (with a spot of milk). The enthusiastic Gardner who will not have people walking on his grass; The Roman army in beer drinking exercises. Obelix impacting a Rugby match; The hilarious efforts of ... Read More:

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- Amusing, educational and intelligent.
I had never been much of a fan of Asterix (but for some reason liked Tintin) until I was writing a supposedly much more serious book on London's archaeology earlier this year, and decided to look at how different authors (both academic and popular) had imagined Roman London in the past. When I read Asterix in Britain I was astonished not only by how good the story and artwork was, but at the remarkable coincidences between Goscinny and Uderzo's depiction of Londinium and what we have actually excavated in recent years - including streets, buildings and details like timber doors just like the one knocked down by Obelix on p. 33. The similarities were almost too good to be true, so I asked for permission to use some of the images in the archaeology ... Read More:

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- excellent read, extreamly funny,YOU MUST GET THIS BOOK
You wont stop laughing for ages.Fun for kids and adults.You'd be an idiot no to buy this classic.

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- One of the most enjoyable of the lot.
The brilliant Asterix series hits one of its high points here. Asterix in Britain provides a golden opportunity for Goscinny and Uderzo to lampoon Britishness and the British (which the French are always eager to attempt!), an opportunity that they seize with both hands.

The pages are packed with a vast array of (affectionate) British stereotypes, with constant themes being the language ("oh, I say, rather, old fruit, what?") and the famous "stiff upper lip" that my compatriots are supposed to exhibit. Obelix, of course, would rather they spent a little more time on cooking boar properly ("boiled in mint sauce, poor things")!

As with the whole Asterix series (the books written by Goscinny, in any case), the action comes ... Read More:

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