A Particular Friendship

In 1967 Dirk Bogarde received a long letter from a stranger in the United States. The writer had seen an article about Mr. Bogarde's house on the Sussex border - the same house she had lived in during the 1930s. The ensuing correspondence between Bogarde and Mrs. X. as she is known in the book, flourished for five years as they discussed their much-loved house and garden, books, the state of the world and, or course, Bogarde's films. Letter's and postcards came to Mrs. X. from all parts of Europe and America - wherever he was filming - with marvelous stories of co-stars such as Vivien Leigh, Dame Edith Evans, or Anthony Asquith. Bogarde applied his keen eye and ready wit to the events in his life, whether he was lunching with the queen or cooling his heels in Italy while a director struggled to cover a film's payroll, and he brought that world to life both for Mrs. X. and for readers of A Particular Friendship. --- from book's back cover