| ISBN |
9781444004281 (hardback) |
| Classification |
JGN GOSC |
| Personal Name |
Goscinny, 1926-1977 |
| Title |
Asterix omnibus. 4 [graphic novel] : Asterix the legionary ; Asterix and the chieftain's shield ; Asterix at the Olympic Games / written by Rene Goscinny ; illustrated by, Albert Uderzo; translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
London : Orion Children's, 2012. |
| ©2011 |
| Physical Description |
152 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| still image |
| Series |
Asterix omnibus 4 |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Note |
Translated from the French. |
| Contents Note |
Asterix the legionary. This translation originally published: Leicester: Brockhampton, 1970 -- Asterix and the chieftain's shield. This translation originally published: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977 -- Asterix at the Olympic Games. This translation originally published: Leicester: Brockhampton, 1972. |
| Summary Note |
In ASTERIX THE LEGIONARY, Obelix is in love - but the lovely Panacea is engaged to Tragicomix, a conscript in the Roman army. Asterix and Obelix must join up to resue him. In ASTERIX AND THE CHIEFTAIN'S SHIELD, Caesar plans to hold a triumph using the shield of his defeated enemy, Vercingetorix, but the shielf is missing! Romans and Gauls race to track it down. The athletes of the ancient world assemble in ASTERIX AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Asterix and the Gauls enter the games, but magic potion is banned! Can our friends win without it. |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Subject-Personal Name |
Goscinny, -- 1926-1977 -- Translations into English |
| Astérix(Fictitious character)Comic books, strips, etc |
| Obélix(Fictitious character)Comic books, strips, etc |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Gauls -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Subject - Geographic Name |
Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C. -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Subject - Genre |
Graphic novels |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Uderzo, 1927- illustrator. |
