Asterix the Gladiator Book 4

Author(s): Goscinny, Rene

9 – 12 years old

When Cacofonix the bard is taken to Rome as a present for Julius Caesar, Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue him, sailing with master salesman Ekonomikrisis, the Phoenician merchant. How do our Gaulish friends come to end up training as gladiators? The next Games in the Circus Maximus are not quite what Caesar and the Roman public expect...


Product Information

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.

General Fields

  • : 9780752866109
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • : 0.46
  • : 01 April 2004
  • : 287x216mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Goscinny, Rene
  • : Hardback
  • : 48
  • : 48 Colour Photo\Illu(s)