Le Grand Fossé

By Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny

Book Overview

Can there ever be a happy ending for star-crossed lovers Melodrama and Histionix, whose fathers are rival chieftains of the same village? The only hope is to call in Asterix, Obelix and Getafix to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340276274
• ISBN13: 9780340276273
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Funny

Histrionix and Melodrama, the respective son and daughter of two Gaulish leaders are in love. But their warring fathers refuse to reconcile their differences. The pair of lovers decide to seek Asterix and Obelix's help. There is also Codfix, the sycophant advisor to Melodrama's father, who wrings out a promise of marriage with Melodrama if he made him chief of the divided parties with the aid of the Romans. This one reads like a Bollywood movie.

Classic Asterix

Arrived in timely fashion + new condition. Asterix is a family favorite since our boys (now men) were old enough to read to. This was a Xmas present to the "boys"... They still love their Asterix!

Excellent book!

This is one of the best Asterix books. In it, Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, and Dogmatix set off to help out another village troubled by a terrible internal division and threatened by the Romans. The reader will be delighted as the heroes of the story work to drive off the Romans, bring the village together, make a romance come true, and teach the villain of the story a good lesson, by Toutatis!

Asterix and the Great Divide

The humorous depiction of the adventures of the inhabitants of one small village in Gaul, (modern day France) which defies roman occupation in 50 BC with the superhuman power of a magic potion. Its full of beautiful visuals and excellent pun, especially the play of words in conversation and names of characters. Its gentle satire pokes fun on modern life, art and politics with caricatures of Napoleon, Shakespeare, Zorro and even James Bond. In Asterix and the Great Divide, a village divided by a ditch as well as their chiefs' opinions, with one side going to the Romans and having a hard time as Romans take them as slaves. The chief of the other side sends his son to the little Gaulish village for help. Codefix, a mean and sly Gaul, advices Romans to attack the Gaulish village. He steals a cauldron of magic potion for them and the fun begins with its strange and unexpected effect on Romans!