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Asterix and the Goths  Cover Image Book Book

Asterix and the Goths / written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ; translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Goscinny, Rene, 1926-1977 (Author). Uderzo, Albert, (Illustrator). Bell, Anthea, (Translator). Hockridge, Derek, (Translator).

Summary:

Whoops, it's happened again: Getafix has been kidnapped, this time by a raiding band of Goths. So it's onward and into Germania for Asterix and Getafix. But in the process of saving their druid, the two Gauls set off a whole series of tribal wars.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780752866147 (hardcover 2004)
  • ISBN: 9780752866154 (softcover 2004)
  • ISBN: 9780917201547 (softcover 1976)
  • Physical Description: 47 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: Rev. ed.
  • Publisher: London : Orion ; 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: Astérix et les Goths.
Subject: Asterix (Fictitious character) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Gauls > Comic books, strips, etc.
Obelix (Fictitious character : Uderzo) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Gaul > History > 58 B.C.-511 A.D. > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 11 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salmo Public Library.

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Salmo Public Library PBK JF GOS (Text) SPL23882 Juvenile Graphic Novel Volume hold Available -

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 35 Asterix albums.


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