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Asterix: Asterix and the ­Golden Sickle
Album 2 (Asterix)
By Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo (Illustrated by)

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Hardback, 46 pages
Published
United Kingdom, 1 April 2004

Getafix has broken his golden sickle, so Asterix and Obelix visit Lutetia to buy a new one for him. But the sicklesmith--a cousin of Obelix--has vanished without a trace. Where could he have gone? And can Asterix solve the mystery and bring Getafix what he needs?


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 35 Asterix albums.


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Getafix has broken his golden sickle, so Asterix and Obelix visit Lutetia to buy a new one for him. But the sicklesmith--a cousin of Obelix--has vanished without a trace. Where could he have gone? And can Asterix solve the mystery and bring Getafix what he needs?


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 35 Asterix albums.

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EAN
9780752866123
ISBN
0752866125
Other Information
48
Dimensions
29.3 x 21.7 x 0.9 centimeters (0.38 kg)

Promotional Information

Asterix is the highest-selling book series in the world. Worldwide sales now exceed 320,000,000, outstripping even J K Rowling. Asterix has been translated into 107 languages and dialects. 11,000 web sites devoted to Asterix. Combined UK sales of the last 5 books - 2.2 million copies.

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 33 Asterix albums.

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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

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By Rachel on September 15, 2008
One of the earlier books- this is seen quite easily in the slightly different way that they are drawn and the way in which they speak. I have a feeling that this is whilst they're still working on the the translating as well as the writing. Nevertheless it is still an excellent tale and good for any Asterix fans to be able to read and watch his development into the icon that he is today.
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By Hieu on November 30, 2006
This is one of the older Asterix comics and this can be seen from the slightly different artwork as well as subtle differences in dialogue. This detracts nothing from the quality which is as always excellent and in fact adds that extra dimension to reading Asterix. The story as usual is as funny as always with the usual battles and feasting involved.
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By Simon on May 1, 2006
Published in 1962, the second adventure of the great Gaulish friends Asterix and Obelix sees them trying to find a Golden Sickle to replace the one broken by their druid Getafix. For some reason though, their seems to be a shortage... Asterix looks to solve the mystery. They beat up Romans, eat boar, and generally have heaps of fun...
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