"Greatest Travel Books of All Time." �Conde Nast Traveler
"A rich�fragmented chunk of pure romantic agony�Most travel books just arrive. This one has a much more powerful impact because it's about longing-for the Algerian soldier Eberhardt loves, for spiritual revelation, for a simple, wandering life with just a horse and 'a few servants barely more complicated than my mount.'�What's particularly striking is how her impossible passions break against the conventions of her time, conventions of writing as well as living." �New York Times Book Review
"This slimmed-down edition of her diaries makes riveting reading, and throws light on a desert world that remains obscured by bigotry and ignorance." �The Sunday Times (London) "Its most interesting passages are the letters she wrote during the trial of a man who had stabbed her, a man she was determined to defend despite his obvious guilt�[Eberhardt] rites articulately about her conversion to Islam, and shows a thoughtful understanding of French-African politics." �The Women's Review of Books