Social Life
Frank had many good friends and colleagues in the antiquarian book trade and much of his and Nora's social life centred around the Society of Antiquarian Booksellers Employees, of which he was a Committee Member.
Doel knew the Soviet double agent Peter Kroger, who was later imprisoned for spying, because he opened a rare bookshop near St Clement Danes's church as a cover for his activities. This friendship is mentioned in Helene Hanff’s The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, a sequel to 84 Charing Cross Road. Nora Doel describes a New Year's Eve at which Lona Cohen (aka Helen Kroger)
arrived looking very exotic in a long black evening dress. 'Helen, you look like a Russian spy!' said Nora. And Helen laughed and Peter laughed and a few months later Nora picked up the morning paper and discovered that Helen and Peter Kruger were Russian spies.
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