Asterix and the Secret Weapon

Asterix and the Secret Weapon

Presentation

Written and illustrated by: Uderzo
Original title: La Rose et le Glaive

Published by: Les Editions Albert René
First album edition: 1991

A woman bard is unheard-of in Ancient Gaul – but when the mothers in Asterix and Obelix’s little village decide that besides being a terrible musician Cacofinix, the local bard and school teacher, is not educating their children properly, it’s Bravura they call in.

 

Then men of the village are horrified at first, but Bravura proves a useful ally in countering Julius Caesar’s secret weapon – the Roman leader has sent in a troop of female legionaries, relying on the chivalrous Gauls not to fight women. But Bravura has no such scruples, and together with Asterix thinks up a good idea. Even Cacofinix’s music comes into its own …

What the druids have to say about the album

Feminists were beginning to find the Gaulish world very misogynous. So the author created a woman bard from Lutetia to come and shake the village up a bit. Asterix blows a fuse and Obelix is very discreet. The result is a well-structured story of our familiar heroes.

 

Asterix and the Secret Weapon was the first Asterix album to come out at the same in all European countries. To do this, Albert Uderzo, under the leadership of his daughter Sylvie, who joined Les Editions when Asterix and the Magic Carpet came out, stepped up the public relations. The results say it all – a performance worthy of a Hollywood production, and one that has been repeated for future albums.

Various versions of the album

La rose et le glaive

Français – Éditions Albert René

La Rose et le Glaive

Français – Éditions Albert René – La Grande Collection

Asterix und Maestria

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Asterix und Maestria

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

La rosa y la espada

Espagnol – Salvat

La rosa y la espada

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

A Rosa e o Gládio

Portugais – ASA

A Rosa e o Gládio

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

A Rosa e o Gládio

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

La Rosa i l’Espasa

Catalan – Salvat

Asterix and the Secret Weapon

Anglais – Orion

De Roos en het Zwaard

Néerlandais – Éditions Albert René

Asterix – Ruusu ja miekka

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Ροδο και ξιφος – Rodo kai xifos

Grec – Mamouth

Asterix la rosa e il gladio

Italien – Panini Comics

Asterix et Maestria

Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

장미와 검 – Jangmiwa keom

Coréen – Moonji

Rosen og Sværdet

Danois – Egmont A/S

Rosen och svärdet

Suédois – Egmont AB

Asteriks Gül ve Kiliç

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Róza i miecz

Polonais – Egmont Sp

Ruže a Mec

Tchèque – Egmont CR, Prague

De Rose und’s Schwärd

Mundart 06 – Sächsisch I

Asterix un d’Emanz’

Mundart 22 – Badisch I

Asterix und es Gscheiderlä

Mundart 29 – Fränkisch II

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75284-777-1
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75284-716-0
Format : 295 x 224 mm
Pages : 48