The Mansions of the Gods

I've been reading Asterix since I was a child, and I've never read a better comic. They're clever, silly and have great twists on words. I've picked up bits of history, Latin and enlarged my vocabulary without meaning to. These comics don't get old, even when read and reread. Now my kids and their friends read my Asterix collection and they're as absorbed as my friends and I were. The "Mansions of the Gods" is one of my top 3 picks, along with "Asterix and the Legionnary" and "Asterix and Cleopatra." Make sure to buy the Asterix written by Goscinny and illustrated by Uderzo. After Goscinny died, Uderzo continued both writing and illustrating these comics and they aren't as clever.

A classic piece of French litterature, and a wonderfull translation. Every joke, every piece of humor is adapted in this English version. A delicacy for the mind.

First published in French in 1971, as Le domaine des Dieux This album was first published in English in 1973.Julius Caesar comes up with a new plan to try and bring the little village, on the Armorican coast, that we know so well, to heel.He decides that the forest surrounding the village will be destroyed and replaced with blocks of flats, inhabited by well to do Romans.He commissions Rome's most talented young architect, Squareontheyhypotenus, for this task.A battle of wills ensues between the Gauls and Romans until wise old Druid Getafix comes up with a plan, which will teach the Romans a lesson, after making it, seem like they have got what they wanted.Asterix and Obelix get up to some really fun tricks again, and as in `Asterix and The Normans'; Cacofonix the Bard is instrumental in saving the day.Once more we are treated to an amusing satire on both Ancient Gaul and Europe at the time the book was written.As the Romans bring in a multi-national force of slaves to cut down the forest and build the flats, we get to meet Iberians (Spaniards), Lusitanians (Portuguese), Numidians (North Africans) , Belgians and Goths (Germans).An essential part of your Asterix collection!

One of the best Asterix adventures, with a very inventive plot, hilarious one-liners. Cacofonix steals the show at the end of the book, with the reactions from the residents of the Mansion of the Gods funny beyond words.

This is one of my favourate ASTERIX books with many laughs along the way, ideal for childrean and a perfect christmas present! Kids are bound to love it! We find out that Ceasar and his young architect (squarontheypotenus) are planning to build a new city surrounding asterixs' peaceful village. So asterix and his trusty freind obelix decide that something has to be done, so with a bit of magic along the way the story unveals, giving the romans a headache, the gauls some fun and us well a good laugh!