How to Travel Incognito (Prion Humour Classics) Paperback – Download: Adobe Reader, December 1, 2003

If you don't love How to Travel Incognito, we can't be friends. Bemelmans' work is so timeless and clever and unique and delightful. I re-read this book regularly just to slip into his magical world of luxurious travel in days gone by. A highly entertaining book.

Another book in the Bemelmans series. The book arrived in great condition and ready to read. This writer had an interesting life and I can't wait to start learning more.

Aside from having read Madeliene at the tender age of however old I was at the time...this was my first foray into the world of Ludwig Bemelmans' adult literature. Myself being one who lives to travel and explore and adventure, and having had quite memorable experiences in France particularly with the French - this book never ceased to amuse and delight.An additional amusement for me was that I happened to be reading this book at the same time I was reading Gustav Le Bon's book, THE CROWD. Although they may seem WORLD'S apart and a very curious coupling of books to be reading simultaneously - There is much in THE CROWD illustrated by people's behavior during the French Revolution and after it. The whole desecration of the Nobility in France. Yet, in Bemelmans' book, one is shown how by the 1940's the French will do anything to aid a descendent of nobility with a title. It is a delightful illustration of the socialized human race.

Haven't read it yet, but love Bemelmans.

Charming - from another time that was more stylish than our lives today

A few months ago, I was reading an article in the New York Times on Ludwig Bemelmans, who is best known for the Madeline children's books. But, he also wrote many books that were for adults probably not as widely remembered that this article highly recommended. The book reviewed here was one of the latter.By all accounts, Bemelmans had a very "eventful" life. He claimed that (at least his books for adults) were based on actual events he encountered. Well, maybe he exaggerated a little considering the current book.In this book, Bemelmans narrates a story about some adventures in travel with a certain Count de St. Cucuface. They are amusing, if not quite laughing out loud so. Very entertaining at least. Sort of almost believable tall tales I guess you could call them. Great reading for relaxing.

Looking forward to reading and stewarding this print. :-)

Until now I only knew Bemelmans for his Madeline series of children's books. I now learn that he was a great raconteur, and this book confirms it. It's a lightweight novella written with the deftest of touches, invoking rich characters with a few strokes of the pen. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places too, and elsewhere his wry humour mourns the loss of the old pre-war social order in a charmingly self-depricating way. In it he assumes the identity of a fictional prince and makes a journey across France to deliver a car to its owner. It's a pseudo-autobiographical travelogue sparkling with the encounters and adventures he has along the way. Delightful.

Für Menschen mit Humor. Lesen Sie auch andere Bemelmans Bücher, alle sind sehr gut. Text und Zeichnungen köstlich und ironisch.

Liked the book.

unfortunately I had read it before!!