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    Title
    Asterix at the Olympic Games
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Goscinny, By (author) Uderzo
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 48
    Width: 221 mm
    Height: 287 mm
    Thickness: 6 mm
    Weight: 234 g
    Audience
    Children/juvenile
    Young adult
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780752866277
    ISBN 10: 0752866273
    Classifications
    Dewey: 741.5
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: Y2.3
    BISAC category code: JUV008000
    BISAC category code: HIS000000
    BISAC category code: CGN004000
    BISAC category code: CGN000000
    Dewey: FIC
    Edition
    Revised
    Edition statement
    Revised
    Illustrations note
    48
    Publisher
    Orion Publishing Co
    Imprint name
    Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
    Publication date
    21 July 2005
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Biographical note
    Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 34 Asterix albums.
    Promotional headline
    THE RETURN OF ASTERIX, THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERHERO: The relaunch of the re-inked, re-coloured and re-designed Asterix series, now published in the correct order for the first time.
    Description for sales people
    Asterix has been translated into 107 languages and dialects.
    Main description
    Asterix, Obelix, and their friends have entered the famous Olympic games in Athens. They’re determined to taste victory, but the Gauls face formidable competition from both Greeks and Romans. Will it be a Gold Medal for Asterix? Or will he suffer the agony of defeat?