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Asterix and Cleopatra by René Goscinny
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Asterix and Cleopatra (1965)

by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

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Series: Astérix (6)

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When Julius makes a passing comment to Queen Cleopatra that the Egyptians are a spent force in the modern world a wager is made that she can have the most fabulous palace built..and so the tale (the sixth on the series) begins...

Asterix and Obelix escort Getafix to Egypt to assist an old friend (Edifis) who has won the contract to build tha palace, only he is pretty shit at such things and he has his main rival (Artifis) as well as Julius himself trying to sabotage the construction.

Needless to say all things, as they always do, work out but I find this book harder to read than most as I have also seen the movie, and its funny when you grow up with a perception of how someone acts or talks only to be hugely disappointed when faced with the reality.

It is interesting to note that this book is the only time (other than when he fell into the potion as a child etc etc etc) Obelix has sampled the magic potion.

This book became a movie in cartoon form in 1968 (yet the book itself hadn't been translated into English until 1969) and then a live action movie in 2002. For those movie buffs the cover of the book is a parody of the Elizabeth Taylor movie Cleopatra's promotional poster. ( )
  scuzzy | Jan 10, 2011 |
Five out of ten. CBR format. Cleopatra promises Caesar that she can build the Romans a paace within three months. She'll need Asterix and Obelix's help if she is to keep that promise. ( )
  theboylatham | Jan 25, 2010 |
Cleopatra and Caesar have a shouting match about the merits of Egyptian culture. This ends in a bit, and requiring an architectural feat.

Her architect decides to get help from Getafix, and the druid, the lads, and the dog go for a little cruise to lend a hand.

Obelix gets stuck in a tomb, but does get some magic potion, and does a bit of damage to the Sphinx's schnozz.

http://graphicsf.blogspot.com/2007/02/asterix-asterix-and-cleopatra.html ( )
  bluetyson | Feb 4, 2007 |
A typical Asterix and Obelix adventure in which they journey to Egypt with the wizard Getafix, to help an architect friend complete the Great Pyramid for Cleopatra. Fairly entertaining; I just don't care too much for the premise or the characters. Too much reliance on magic potion. ( )
  burnit99 | Jan 21, 2007 |
I'm actually giving the 4 stars to the English edition - I bought this one because I was curious how the puns were handled in the original. My french isn't good enough to appreciate it. (But this edition has translations and explanations, which I hadn't expected.)

The Asterix stories are great fun! ( )
  nillacat | Sep 5, 2006 |
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René Goscinnyprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Albert UderzoIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Perich, JaimeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Alexandrie, capitale du Royaume d'Egypte. Dans le palais de Cléopâtre, la reine légendaire, celle dont il a été dit, que si son nez eut été plus cuort, il eût changé la face du monde ...
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0752866079, Paperback)

To impress Julius Caesar, Queen Cleopatra promises to build the Roman Emperor a magnificent palace in just three months. Of course, Asterix has to get involved. By the time his feisty group from Gaul have finished, they’ve outwitted the Roman army, too.

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When Queen Cleopatra promises to build the Roman emperor a new palace, Asterix and his Gallic cohorts get involved and end up outwitting the Roman army.

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