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Asterix and the Secret Weapon

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 . . .