About Mabel Esther Allan
Mabel Esther Allan was a British author of about 130 children's books.
Mabel Esther Allan was born at Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. She decided to be an author at the age of eight; her father bought her a writing desk and taught her how to type. When the family moved, Allan was given a study in which to write.
Her books include school stories and ballet stories - especially those about Drina Adams, written under the name of Jean Estoril. She also wrote under the pen-names Priscilla Hagon and Anne Pilgrim.
Mabel Esther Allan was born at Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. She decided to be an author at the age of eight; her father bought her a writing desk and taught her how to type. When the family moved, Allan was given a study in which to write.
Her books include school stories and ballet stories - especially those about Drina Adams, written under the name of Jean Estoril. She also wrote under the pen-names Priscilla Hagon and Anne Pilgrim.
Series
Novels
Over the Sea to School (1938)
Glen Castle Mystery (1948)
The Adventurous Summer (1948)
The Wyndhams Went to Wales (1948)
Holiday at Arnriggs (1949)
Cilla of Chiltern's Edge (1949)
Mullion (1949)
Trouble at Melville Manor (1949)
Everyday Island (1950)
School Under Snowdon (1950)
Chilton Adventure (1950)
Jimmy John's journey (1950)
The Exciting River (1951)
A School in Danger (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo: The Story of a Farming Year (1953)
The Secret Valley (1953)
Strangers at Brongwerne (1953)
Three Go to Switzerland (1953)
Adventure Royal (1954)
Here We Go Round: A Career Story for Girls (1954)
The Summer At Town's End (1954)
Meric's Secret Cottage (1954)
Margaret Finds a Future (1954)
New Schools for Old (1954)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Strangers in Skye (1956)
The Vine Clad Hill (1956)
Adventure in Mayo (1956)
The Amber House (1956)
Balconies and Blue Nets: The Story of a Holiday in Brittany (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (1956)
Two in the Western Isles (1956)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
At School in Skye (1957)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
Home to the Island (1961)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Bluegate Girl (1961)
Signpost to Switzerland (1962)
Romance in Italy (1962)
Clare Goes to Holland (1962) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
The First Time I Saw Paris (1962) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Schooldays in Skye (1962)
The Sign of the Unicorn (1963)
Kate Comes to England (1963)
A Summer in Provence (1963) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Fiona On the 14th Floor (1964)
aka Mystery On the Fourteenth Floor
It Happened in Arles (1964)
Strangers in New York (1964) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Summer at Sea (1965)
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
Way Over Windle (1966)
In Pursuit of Clarinda (1966)
Cruising to Danger (1966) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
It started in Madeira (1967)
aka The Mystery Began in Madeira
Missing in Manhattan (1967)
aka Mystery in Manhattan
Dancing to Danger (1967)
Selina's New Family (1967) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
The Wood Street Secret (1968)
Castle of Fear (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Christmas at Spindle Bottom (1970)
Dangerous Inheritance (1970)
The Mystery of the Secret Square (1970)
The May Day Mystery (1971)
The Secret Dancer (1971)
Behind the Blue Gates (1972)
Time to Go Back (1972)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Island in a Green Sea (1973)
Ship of Danger (1974)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
The Night Wind (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Away from Wood Street (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
The Wood Street Helpers (1976)
Wood Street Rivals (1976)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
The Pine Street Pageant (1978)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
New York for Nicola (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
Wood Street and Mary Ellen (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
Pine Street Goes Camping (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
Strange Enchantment (1981)
Pine Street Problem (1981)
Strangers in Wood Street (1981)
The Horns of Danger (1981)
Goodbye to Pine Street (1982)
Dream of Hunger Moss (1983)
Alone at Pine Street (1983)
Secret at Spindle Bottom (1984)
Friends at Pine Street (1984)
Pride of Pine Street (1985)
Crumble Lane Captives (1986)
The Road to Huntingland (1986)
A Mystery in Spindle Bottom (1986)
Crumble Lane Mystery (1987)
Up the Victorian Staircase (1987)
First Term at Ash Grove (1988)
Glen Castle Mystery (1948)
The Adventurous Summer (1948)
The Wyndhams Went to Wales (1948)
Holiday at Arnriggs (1949)
Cilla of Chiltern's Edge (1949)
Mullion (1949)
Trouble at Melville Manor (1949)
Everyday Island (1950)
School Under Snowdon (1950)
Chilton Adventure (1950)
Jimmy John's journey (1950)
The Exciting River (1951)
A School in Danger (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo: The Story of a Farming Year (1953)
The Secret Valley (1953)
Strangers at Brongwerne (1953)
Three Go to Switzerland (1953)
Adventure Royal (1954)
Here We Go Round: A Career Story for Girls (1954)
The Summer At Town's End (1954)
Meric's Secret Cottage (1954)
Margaret Finds a Future (1954)
New Schools for Old (1954)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Strangers in Skye (1956)
The Vine Clad Hill (1956)
Adventure in Mayo (1956)
The Amber House (1956)
Balconies and Blue Nets: The Story of a Holiday in Brittany (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (1956)
Two in the Western Isles (1956)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
At School in Skye (1957)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
Home to the Island (1961)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Bluegate Girl (1961)
Signpost to Switzerland (1962)
Romance in Italy (1962)
Clare Goes to Holland (1962) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
The First Time I Saw Paris (1962) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Schooldays in Skye (1962)
The Sign of the Unicorn (1963)
Kate Comes to England (1963)
A Summer in Provence (1963) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Fiona On the 14th Floor (1964)
aka Mystery On the Fourteenth Floor
It Happened in Arles (1964)
Strangers in New York (1964) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
Summer at Sea (1965)
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
Way Over Windle (1966)
In Pursuit of Clarinda (1966)
Cruising to Danger (1966) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
It started in Madeira (1967)
aka The Mystery Began in Madeira
Missing in Manhattan (1967)
aka Mystery in Manhattan
Dancing to Danger (1967)
Selina's New Family (1967) (writing as Anne Pilgrim)
The Wood Street Secret (1968)
Castle of Fear (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Christmas at Spindle Bottom (1970)
Dangerous Inheritance (1970)
The Mystery of the Secret Square (1970)
The May Day Mystery (1971)
The Secret Dancer (1971)
Behind the Blue Gates (1972)
Time to Go Back (1972)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Island in a Green Sea (1973)
Ship of Danger (1974)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
The Night Wind (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Away from Wood Street (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
The Wood Street Helpers (1976)
Wood Street Rivals (1976)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
The Pine Street Pageant (1978)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
New York for Nicola (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
Wood Street and Mary Ellen (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
Pine Street Goes Camping (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
Strange Enchantment (1981)
Pine Street Problem (1981)
Strangers in Wood Street (1981)
The Horns of Danger (1981)
Goodbye to Pine Street (1982)
Dream of Hunger Moss (1983)
Alone at Pine Street (1983)
Secret at Spindle Bottom (1984)
Friends at Pine Street (1984)
Pride of Pine Street (1985)
Crumble Lane Captives (1986)
The Road to Huntingland (1986)
A Mystery in Spindle Bottom (1986)
Crumble Lane Mystery (1987)
Up the Victorian Staircase (1987)
First Term at Ash Grove (1988)
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