Asterix in Britain

Written by: Goscinny – Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Asterix chez les Bretons
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 307 ( 09/09/1965)
First album edition: 1966
Cartoon film adaptation: Asterix in Britain in 1986

One little ancient Briiths village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedicus Britannicus’s Romans declining and falling.

Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink. It’s not quite cricket – how about a nice cup of hot water, though? Or even the first ever tea-party?

What the druids have to say about the album

The visit to the Tower of Londinium is a brilliant example of the authors’ humour and the complicity between text and image in their work.

This album is one of the greats. The authors run wild between the barrels of warm beer mixed up with the one containing the magic potion and the reference to hip Briton bards shown with screaming fans.

There’s no point looking for the pun in the name of chief Cassivellaunos, on page 6, because there isn’t one. Cassivellaunos did indeed exist: he was the supreme chief of the Britons. On the other hand, we’re not so sure that Mykingdomforanos did actually thwart Caesar’s plans.

Character profiles of the album

Various versions of the album

Astérix chez les Bretons – Français – Editions Hachette
Astérix chez les Bretons – Français – Editions Hachette – La Grande Collection
Asterix bei den Briten – Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection
Asterix bei den Briten – Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Edition
Asterix en Bretaña – Espagnol – Salvat
Asterix en Bretaña – Espagnol – Salvat La colección
Asterix en Bretaña – Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección
Astèrix a la Bretanya – Catalan – Salvat
Astérix entre os Bretões – Portugais – ASA
Astérix entre os Bretões – Portugais – A colecção – Salvat
Asterix in Britain – Anglais – Orion
Asterix i dTir na Sasanach – Irlandais – Dalen
Asterix agus na Sasannaich – Gaélique – Dalen
Asterix and the Sassenachs – Ecossais – Dalen
Asterix en de britten – Néerlandais – Editions Hachette
Asterix Britanniassa – Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB
Asterix ei britanni – Italien – Panini Comics
Asterix apud Brittanos – Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
아스테릭스, 영국에 가다 – Asteriks, hyeonggog-e gada – Coréen – Moonji
Asterix og briterne – Danois – Egmont A/S
Asterix och Britterna – Suédois – Egmont AB
Asteriks Britanya’da – Turc – Remzi Kitabevi
Asterix entre os Bretões – Brésilien (Portugais) – Record
Asteriks u Brytów – Polonais – Egmont Sp

Astérix chez les Bretons - Français - Editions Hachette Astérix chez les Bretons - Français - Editions Hachette - La Grande Collection Asterix bei den Briten - Allemand - Egmont Comic Collection Asterix bei den Briten - Allemand - Egmont Comic Collection - Die Utimative Edition Asterix en Bretaña - Espagnol - Salvat Asterix en Bretaña - Espagnol - Salvat La colección Asterix en Bretaña - Espagnol - Salvat La Gran Colección Astèrix a la Bretanya - Catalan - Salvat Astérix entre os Bretões - Portugais - ASA Astérix entre os Bretões - Portugais - A colecção – Salvat Asterix in Britain - Anglais - Orion Asterix i dTir na Sasanach - Irlandais - Dalen Asterix agus na Sasannaich - Gaélique - Dalen Asterix and the Sassenachs - Ecossais - Dalen Asterix en de britten - Néerlandais - Editions Hachette Asterix Britanniassa - Finnois - Egmont Kustannus OY AB Asterix ei britanni - Italien - Panini Comics Asterix apud Brittanos - Latin - Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin 아스테릭스, 영국에 가다 - Asteriks, hyeonggog-e gada - Coréen - Moonji Asterix og briterne - Danois - Egmont A/S Asterix och Britterna - Suédois - Egmont AB Asteriks Britanya'da - Turc - Remzi Kitabevi Asterix entre os Bretões - Brésilien (Portugais) - Record Asteriks u Brytów - Polonais - Egmont Sp

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-619-2
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-618-5
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48