Following Asterix's suggestion, Getafix pretends to agree to the Centurion's demand of the potion when Asterix pretends to give in to torture, and demands an unseasonal ingredient: strawberries.

Protagonist Asterix learns of Getafix's capture from a cart-seller infiltrates the Roman camp in the latter's cart and hears Crismus Bonus revealing his intended rebellion to Marcus Ginandtonicus, his second-in-command. The Roman's identity is revealed when he loses his false moustache, shortly after he discovers the existence of the magic potion whereupon he reports his discovery to the Centurion.Ĭrismus Bonus, hoping to overthrow Julius Caesar, orders Getafix captured and interrogated for the recipe but to no avail. To discover the secret of the Gauls' strength, Centurion Crismus Bonus, commander of a Roman garrison at the fortified camp of Compendium, sends a spy disguised as a Gaul to the village. Crossposted at WordPress, Blogspot, & Librarything by Bookstooge’s Exalted PermissionĪll of the Gaul area is under Roman control, except for one small village in Armorica (present-day Brittany), whose inhabitants are made invincible by a magic potion created periodically by the Druid Getafix. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge have finessed every allusion and tweaked every joke, so that their cascading English verbal wit seems to come straight from the heart of the original books - THE INDEPENDENT - Boyd TonkinA cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. As for the English adaptations of Asterix, they represent a real triumph of the translator's art.

Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny