Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain

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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 adaptationAsterix in Britain in 1986

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?

What the druids have to say about the album

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.

Various versions of the album

Astérix chez les Bretons

Français – Éditions Hachette

Astérix chez les Bretons

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Asterix bei den Briten

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Asterix bei den Briten

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

Asterix en Bretaña

Espagnol – Salvat

Asterix en Bretaña

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

Asterix en Bretaña

Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección

Astèrix a la Bretanya

Catalan – Salvat

Astérix entre os Bretões

Portugais – ASA

Astérix entre os Bretões

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

Asterix in Britain

Anglais – Orion

Asterix i dTir na Sasanach

Irlandais – Dalen

Asterix agus na Sasannaich

Gaélique – Dalen

Asterix and the Sassenachs

Ecossais – Dalen

Asterix bij de britten

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Asterix Britanniassa

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e i britanni

Italien – Panini Comics

Asterix apud Brittanos

Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

아스테릭스, 영국에 가다 – Asteriks, hyeonggog-e gada

Coréen – Moonji

Asterix og briterne

Danois – Egmont A/S

Asterix och Britterna

Suédois – Egmont AB

Asteriks Britanya’da

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Asterix entre os Bretões

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Asteriks u Brytów

Polonais – Egmont Sp

The bookseller’s corner

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