This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene
Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand
books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'. DAILY TELEGRAPH Told in a series
of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD and then in diary form in the second
part THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, this true story has touched the
hearts of thousands.