From the reviews of the French edition
"This is a rich and useful volume. The material it treats has relevance
well beyond the theory of Lie groups and algebras, ranging from the
geometry of regular polytopes and paving problems to current work on
finite simple groups having a (B, N)-pair structure, or "Tits systems".
A historical note provides a survey of the contexts in which groups
generated by reflections have arisen. A brief introduction includes
almost the only other mention of Lie groups and algebras to be found in
the volume. Thus the presentation here is really quite independent of
Lie theory. The choice of such an approach makes for an elegant,
self-contained treatment of some highly interesting mathematics, which
can be read with profit and with relative ease by a very wide circle of
readers (and with delight by many, if the reviewer is at all
representative)." (G.B. Seligman in MathReviews)