Ursula's Alcove
Books : Asterix
Asterix and the Secret Weapon
R. Goscinny and A. Uderzo
Softcover $ 9.95
ISBN 0-75284-777-5
Orion
First published in English in 1991, 48 pages.
Back Menhir: "A woman bard is unheard-of in Ancient Gaul - but when the mothers in
Asterix and Obelix’s little village decide that besides being a terrible musician
Cacofonix, the local bard and school-teacher, is not educating their children
properly, it’s Bravura they call in. The men of the village are horrified at first,
but Bravura proves a useful ally in countering Julius Caesar’s secret weapon -
the Roman leader has sent in a troop of female legionaries, relying on the chivalrous
Gauls not to fight women. But Bravura has no such scruples, and together with
Asterix thinks up a good idea. Even Cacofonix’s music comes into its own . . .
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