Asterix: Asterix Omnibus 10: Asterix and The Magic Carpet, Asterix and The Secret Weapon, Asterix and Obelix All At Sea

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In this fabulous edition, books 28 to 30 are collected in one volume. In Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Cacofonix's awful singing voice comes to the rescue of the lovely Princess Orinjade, who is about to be sacrificed by the guru Hoodunnit. In Asterix and the Secret Weapon, Caesar has unleashed a troop of female legionaries, relying on the chivalrous Gauls not to fight women. But Asterix and co have a trick up their sleeve - Bravura, the female bard. In Asterix and Obelix All at Sea, Obelix is first turned to stone and then reverts to childhood as punishment for drinking the druid Getafix's magic potions. In search of a cure for him, Asterix and friends sail to the wonderful continent of Atlantis, ruled by its high priest Absolutlifabulos... www.asterix.net.au

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 34 Asterix albums.

A cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.--TIME OUT The Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. In Asterix one finds all of human life. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. I have read them all in many languages and, like all great literature, they are best in English. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix's translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames.--THE TIMES