ASTERIX COMPACT OMNIBUS 5 (HB)

René Goscinny

Four great adventures in one volume! This edition includes Asterix albums 17-20: Album 17. The Mansions of the Gods (1971) Album 18. Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (1972) Album 19. Asterix and the Soothsayer (1972) Album 20. Asterix in Corsica (1973) The Mansions of the Gods: Caesar tries to weaken solidarity and local traditions in Gaul by creating a modern resort near the village But he hasn't reckoned with magically replanted trees, the first slaves' union; and the Gauls' ability to tactically fight back. Asterix and the Laurel Wreath: To be one-up on his obnoxious brother-in-law, a drunk Vitalstatistix boasts he will create a dish seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath. He then sets Asterix and Obelix the impossible task of getting it from Rome. Asterix and the Soothsayer: In the absence of Getafix, a charlatan soothsayer seeks shelter in the Village and dupes the residents by making predictions they want to hear and proceeds to con the them. Only Asterix remains skeptical. Asterix in Corsica: In one of their raids of the nearby Roman camps, the Gauls discover a cool and sardonic prisoner who reveals himself as Boneywasawarriorwayayix, a tribal leader from Corsica. Asterix and Obelix accompany him back to Corsica, to unite the quarrelling tribes against the Romans