Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in touch with mankind. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is not only a witty account of two different worlds colliding but also a love letter to England and its literary heritage-and a celebration of the written words power to sustain us, transport us, and unite us.

Grossman Publishers specialized in what Helene Hanff described as slim, offbeat volumes Ben. And whether she is walking across the Oxford University courtyard where John Donne used to tread, visiting Windsor Castle, or telling a British barman how to make a real American martini, Helene always wears her heart on her sleeve. 84 Charing Cross Road was published by Dick Grossman of New York. A New Yorker who isnt afraid to speak her mind, Helene Hanff delivers an outsiders funny yet fabulous portrait of idiosyncratic Britain at its best. Eager hosts, including a famous actress and a retired colonel, sweep her up in a whirlwind of plays and dinners, trips to Harrods, and wild jaunts to their favorite corners of the countryside. Frank is no longer alive, but his widow and daughter, along with enthusiastic British fans from all walks of life, embrace Helene as an honored guest. Book Synopsis Nancy Mitford meets Nora Ephron in the pages of The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Helene Hanffs delightful travelogue about her bucket list trip to London When devoted Anglophile Helene Hanff is invited to London for the English publication of 84, Charing Cross Road-in which she shares two decades of correspondence with Frank Doel, a British bookseller who became a dear friend-she can hardly believe her luck. HELENE HANFF, the author of 84 Charing Cross Road, the correspondence between her and the manager of a bookshop in the Fifties, has died aged 79 in a nursing home in New York, keeping a secret to the last. Anne Bancroft played Helene Hanff, a New York freelance writer and voracious reader whose hunt for cheap vintage volumes in 1949 prompted a long-distance, 20-year correspondence with Frank Doel. About the Book A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1973 by Lippincott Williams and Wikins-Title page verso.

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