Asterix and Caesar's Gift (Asterix (Orion Paperback)) [Paperback]

Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2005 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Asterix (Orion Paperback)

When Caesar offers a gift, be suspicious...very suspicious. Upon his release from the Roman Army, Tremensdelirius gets the deed to Asterix's little Gaulish village. But he swaps it for a drink in the tavern--and soon the owner and his family are off to claim their prize. What's going to happen? Surprisingly, Asterix has a different view of the situation than his friends.

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About the Author

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 33 Asterix albums. 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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Orion; Export Ed edition (April 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075286646X
• ISBN-13: 978-0752866468
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Series > Humorous > Asterix

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as always, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Asterix and Caesar's Gift (Classic Asterix hardbacks) (Library Binding)

in this book, a soldier that finished his 20 years in the army is given land as a good0bye gift. Ofcourse, its asterixs village. he sells it to a bartender for some drinks, and the bartender takes his family out there. They are suprised to find the village is inhabited, and they had been tricked-the land never belonged to anyone but the people of the village! they decide to just move into the empty inn there. Lots of things follow: the bartenders wife is so mad at impedimenta, she makes her husband run against vitalstatistix for chief, obelix tries his best to impress Zaza, the daughter of the bartender, romans attack the village, and much more. You gotta read this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caesar sets a cat among the pigeons..., December 29, 2002

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Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asterix and Caesar's Gift (Asterix (Orion Paperback)) (Paperback)

After a drunken Legionnaire is heard making insulting remarks about Julius Caesar, Caesar decides to give him a present-which he in turn sells to a Gaullish Innkeeper for a meal and some drinks.

The innkeeper, Orthopaedix, comes to the village, we know so well, with his wife and daughter, setting in chain a breakdown of cohesion there, as a dispute over the Chieftainship of the village, Obelix falling in love, and the refusal of Druid Getafix to make magic potion makes for another rollicking Asterix adventure.

Once more, a lot of fun.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Asterix and Caesar's Gift, February 5, 2007

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General Breadbasket - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asterix and Caesar's Gift (Asterix (Orion Paperback)) (Paperback)

"Asterix and Caesar's Gift" (1974) is Asterix #21 It's fairly good. Worth a look for fans of characters in the village like Geriatrix and Vitalstatistix.

Julius Caesar gives his troops a plot of land if they give 20 years of work to his army. Julius has overheard that one man up for retirement doesn't like him, so Julius gives him a deed to land he hasn't conquered yet, Vitalstatistix's Gaulish village. Man can't be bothered going all the way up to the corner of Gaul, so he sells his plot for some beer to a tavern keeper, who goes with his family to claim the village. Challenges and chaos follow in the village...