Though this is labeled Book 3 but chronologically it comes as the 8th story of Asterix and his friends. Here Asterix and Obelix had to cross the channel and travel to Britain to help their counterpart in the village in Cantium that, led by Mykingdomforanos was gallantly holding up against the Roman invasion of Caesar. On the request of the Brit soldier Anticlimax, his 1st cousin once removed, Asterix talks to Vitalstatistix who agrees to send a barrel of magic potion to Britain. Asterix and Obelix become escorts for the barrel in this mission and through series of humorous incidents manage to reach the village of Cantium. But in the process the barrel changes hands quite often and it is left for the readers to find out whether the Brits could get their strength reinforced by the power of the potion.
The running gag of the pirates ship getting run down while getting caught between the confontration of the Gauls, British and the Romans appears more than once in this adventure and becomes a source of constant entertainment for everyone save the priates. Also the addiction of tea to the British folks is amusingly explained and also their fussiness to schedule is humorously portrayed.
Though this is labeled Book 3 but chronologically it comes as the 8th story of Asterix and his friends. Here Asterix and Obelix had to cross the channel and travel to Britain to help their counterpart in the village in Cantium that, led by Mykingdomforanos was gallantly holding up against the Roman invasion of Caesar. On the request of the Brit soldier Anticlimax, his 1st cousin once removed, Asterix talks to Vitalstatistix who agrees to send a barrel of magic potion to Britain. Asterix and Obelix become escorts for the barrel in this mission and through series of humorous incidents manage to reach the village of Cantium. But in the process the barrel changes hands quite often and it is left for the readers to find out whether the Brits could get their strength reinforced by the power of the potion.
The running gag of the pirates ship getting run down while getting caught between the confontration of the Gauls, British and the Romans appears more than once in this adventure and becomes a source of constant entertainment for everyone save the priates. Also the addiction of tea to the British folks is amusingly explained and also their fussiness to schedule is humorously portrayed.
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