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Asterix and the great divide / written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ; translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Two rival chieftains have been elected to govern a little village in ancient Gaul - and a ditch dug through the village divides it, literally, into a party of the left and a party of the right. But the son and daughter of the two chieftains are in love. Histrionix and the beautiful Melodrama have more sense than their fathers, and call in Asterix, Obelix and the druid Getafix to sort out the political wrangling. What with the intriguing of the sinister traitor Codfix, who wants to marry Melodrama himself, the Gauls' work is cut out for them - can they persuade the star-crossed lovers' village to reunite against the threat of Julius Caesar's Roman legionaries Getafix brews some interesting new magic potions to help...

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C9008246553 JF UDE
Junior fiction   Babinda Branch . . Available .  
C9009561508 JF UDE
Junior fiction   City Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 0752847120 (hardback)
0752847732 (paperback)
9780752847733 (paperback)
Author Uderzo author.
Title Asterix and the great divide / written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ; translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
Published London : Orion, 2001.
Physical description 48 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series Asterix 25
General note First published 1981.
This translation originally published: London : Hodder Headline, 1981.
Summary Two rival chieftains have been elected to govern a little village in ancient Gaul - and a ditch dug through the village divides it, literally, into a party of the left and a party of the right. But the son and daughter of the two chieftains are in love. Histrionix and the beautiful Melodrama have more sense than their fathers, and call in Asterix, Obelix and the druid Getafix to sort out the political wrangling. What with the intriguing of the sinister traitor Codfix, who wants to marry Melodrama himself, the Gauls' work is cut out for them - can they persuade the star-crossed lovers' village to reunite against the threat of Julius Caesar's Roman legionaries Getafix brews some interesting new magic potions to help...
Subject Obelix (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Astérix (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Comic books, strips, etc., French -- Translations into English
Wit and humour
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