Book Reviews

"Like gourmet chefs sampling the produce in an overstocked French market, the editors of Travelers' Tales pick, sift, and prod their way through the weighty shelves of contemporary travel writing, rejecting the second rate and creaming off the very best. They have impeccable taste--a very welcome addition to the genre."
William Dalrymple, travel writer and author of

"The Travelers' Tales series aims to convey the excitement of voyaging through exotic territory with a vivacity that guidebooks can only hint at."
Millennium Whole Earth Catalog

"Destined to be a success...Travelers' Tales promises to be a useful and enlightening addition to the travel bookshelves. By collecting and organizing such a wide range of literature, O'Reilly and Habegger are providing a real service for those who enjoy reading first-person accounts of a destination before seeing it for themselves."
Bill Newlin, Publisher, Moon Publications

"The Travelers' Tales series should become required reading for anyone visiting a foreign country who wants to truly step off the tourist track and experience another culture, another place, first-hand."
Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times

"I'm thrilled to see a publication such as Travelers' Tales finally available to those of us who, when we're deciding how to approach our journeys, want something other than the encyclopedic formulae of even the best travel guides."
Scott Doggett, Los Angeles Times

"Like having been there, done it, seen it. If there's one thing traditional guidebooks lack, it's the really juicy travel information, the personal stories about back alleys and brief encounters. The Travelers Tales series fills this gap with an approach that's all ancedotes, no directions."
Jim Gullo, Diversion

"The books are lots of fun to dip into; in sum, they create a strong sense of place. France is the best of the three collections. …charm prevails."
Los Angeles Times

"These four dozen true contemporary adventures fit the bill for travelers to France, entertaining while educating readers how to get the most out of their own adventures."
New York Daily News

"Travelers' Tales France is stuffed with some of the best writing of recent about the country you will come across."
Arizona Republic

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