Asterix: Asterix And The Goths (album 3)

By (author) Goscinny Rene; Illustrated by Uderzo Albert
Short description/annotation:
The third album chronicling the much-loved adventures of Asterix and friends.
Description:

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now!

Asterix and Obelix escort Getafix to the druids'' annual conference in the Forest of the Carnutes. Little do they know that the Goths are lying in ambush, ready to kidnap the Druid of the Year - who of course is Getafix! But what with Gauls, Goths and Romans all at odds, it''s hard to tell friend from foe... until Goths begin fighting Goths in the Asterixian Wars.

Biographical note:
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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The third album chronicling the much-loved adventures of Asterix and friends.