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
Dundonay House
1. Over the Sea to School (1938)
2. A School in Danger (1952)
3. At School in Skye (1957)
1. Over the Sea to School (1938)
2. A School in Danger (1952)
3. At School in Skye (1957)
Wood Street
1. The Wood Street Secret (1968)
2. The Wood Street Group (1970)
3. Wood Street Rivals (1976)
4. The Wood Street Helpers (1976)
5. Away from Wood Street (1975)
6. Wood Street and Mary Ellen (1979)
7. Strangers in Wood Street (1981)
8. Growing Up in Wood Street (1982)
1. The Wood Street Secret (1968)
2. The Wood Street Group (1970)
3. Wood Street Rivals (1976)
4. The Wood Street Helpers (1976)
5. Away from Wood Street (1975)
6. Wood Street and Mary Ellen (1979)
7. Strangers in Wood Street (1981)
8. Growing Up in Wood Street (1982)
Pine Street
1. Crow's Nest (1974)
2. The Pine Street Pageant (1978)
3. Pine Street Goes Camping (1980)
4. The Pine Street Problem (1981)
5. Goodbye to Pine Street (1982)
6. Alone at Pine Street (1983)
7. Friends At Pine Street (1984)
8. Pride of Pine Street (1985)
9. First Term at Ash Grove (1988)
1. Crow's Nest (1974)
2. The Pine Street Pageant (1978)
3. Pine Street Goes Camping (1980)
4. The Pine Street Problem (1981)
5. Goodbye to Pine Street (1982)
6. Alone at Pine Street (1983)
7. Friends At Pine Street (1984)
8. Pride of Pine Street (1985)
9. First Term at Ash Grove (1988)
Crumble Lane
1. The Crumble Lane Adventure (1983)
2. Trouble in Crumble Lane (1984)
3. The Crumble Lane Captives (1986)
4. The Crumble Lane Mystery (1987)
1. The Crumble Lane Adventure (1983)
2. Trouble in Crumble Lane (1984)
3. The Crumble Lane Captives (1986)
4. The Crumble Lane Mystery (1987)
Novels
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)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo (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)
Meric's Secret Cottage (1954)
The Summer At Town's End (1954)
New Schools for Old (1954)
Margaret Finds a Future (1954)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (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)
Two in the Western Isles (1956)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Home to the Island (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)
Kate Comes to England (1963)
The Sign of the Unicorn (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)
A Summer at Sea (1965)
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
The 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)
Castle of Fear (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
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)
Island in a Green Sea (1973)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Ship of Danger (1974)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
The Night Wind (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
New York for Nicola (1978)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
Strange Enchantment (1981)
The Horns of Danger (1981)
A Dream of Hunger Moss (1983)
Secret at Spindle Bottom (1984)
The Road to Huntingland (1986)
Up the Victorian Staircase (1987)
Death Goes to Italy (2011)
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)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo (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)
Meric's Secret Cottage (1954)
The Summer At Town's End (1954)
New Schools for Old (1954)
Margaret Finds a Future (1954)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (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)
Two in the Western Isles (1956)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Home to the Island (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)
Kate Comes to England (1963)
The Sign of the Unicorn (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)
A Summer at Sea (1965)
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
The 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)
Castle of Fear (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (writing as Priscilla Hagon)
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)
Island in a Green Sea (1973)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Ship of Danger (1974)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
The Night Wind (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
New York for Nicola (1978)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
Strange Enchantment (1981)
The Horns of Danger (1981)
A Dream of Hunger Moss (1983)
Secret at Spindle Bottom (1984)
The Road to Huntingland (1986)
Up the Victorian Staircase (1987)
Death Goes to Italy (2011)
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