First printing in French: 1 million copies 110,000 copies sold of ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS in HB and a further 55,000 in TPB to date ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS enjoyed a record-breaking first print run Global sales of Asterix outstrip Harry Potter 11,000 web sites devoted to Asterix Follows the re-launch of the last 6 Asterix titles by Orion Combined UK sales of the last 7 books by Orion of nearly half a million and counting More than 300 million Asterix books sold world-wide

LIke all the best children's books, Asterix works on several levels. More than a footnote, this addition to the series is worthy of its lineage * EVERYTHING FRANCE * Here's a chance to dip into some new fun with the roast boar-loving French action men -- Marion McMullen * NUNEATON EVE TELEGRAPH * Asterix is a true hero of global proportions * COLCHESTER EVENING GAZETTE * One of the most appealing features of the Asterix books is their ingenious, twisting plotlines, filled with scheming villains and hapless fools....Asterix and the Class Act might appeal more to Asterix diehards than to general fans; but it is an entertaining addition to the canon -- Toby Lichtig * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * If Orion Books had just found and published one of the "lost" Shakespeare plays...I would not have been more excited than when I learnt of the publication of 14 previously untranslated Asterix stories in a new book called ASTERIX AND THE CLASS ACT....Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix's translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames -- Giles Coren * THE TIMES *