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 (1976)
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 (1976)
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
The Adventurous Summer (1948)
The Wyndhams Went to Wales (1948)
Glen Castle Mystery (1948)
Cilla of Chiltern's Edge (1949)
Mullion (1949)
Trouble at Melville Manor (1949)
Holiday at Arnriggs (1949)
Chilton Adventure (1950)
Jimmy John's journey (1950)
Everyday Island (1950)
School Under Snowdon (1950)
The Exciting River (1951)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
The Secret Valley (1953)
Strangers at Brongwerne (1953)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo (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)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
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)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (1956)
Strangers in Skye (1956)
The Vine Clad Hill (1956)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
Bluegate Girl (1961)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Home to the Island (1961)
Clare Goes to Holland (1962) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
The First Time I Saw Paris (1962) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Schooldays in Skye (1962)
Signpost to Switzerland (1962)
Romance in Italy (1962)
A Summer in Provence (1963) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Kate Comes to England (1963)
The Sign of the Unicorn (1963)
Strangers in New York (1964) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Fiona On the 14th Floor (1964)
aka Mystery On the Fourteenth Floor
It Happened in Arles (1964)
A Summer at Sea (1965)
Cruising to Danger (1966) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
The Way Over Windle (1966)
In Pursuit of Clarinda (1966)
Dancing to Danger (1967)
Selina's New Family (1967) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
It started in Madeira (1967)
aka The Mystery Began in Madeira
Missing in Manhattan (1967)
aka Mystery in Manhattan
Castle of Fear (1968) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
The Mystery of the Secret Square (1970)
Dangerous Inheritance (1970)
The Secret Dancer (1971)
The May Day Mystery (1971)
Behind the Blue Gates (1972)
Time to Go Back (1972)
Island in a Green Sea (1972)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
Ship of Danger (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
The Night Wind (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
New York for Nicola (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
A 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 Wyndhams Went to Wales (1948)
Glen Castle Mystery (1948)
Cilla of Chiltern's Edge (1949)
Mullion (1949)
Trouble at Melville Manor (1949)
Holiday at Arnriggs (1949)
Chilton Adventure (1950)
Jimmy John's journey (1950)
Everyday Island (1950)
School Under Snowdon (1950)
The Exciting River (1951)
Clues to Connemara (1952)
The MacIains of Glen Gillean (1952)
Return to Derrykereen (1952)
The School On Cloud Ridge (1952)
The School On North Barrule (1952)
The Secret Valley (1953)
Strangers at Brongwerne (1953)
Lucia Comes to School (1953)
Room for the Cuckoo (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)
Adventures in Switzerland (1955)
Glenvara (1955)
Changes for the Challoners (1955)
The Mystery of Derrydane (1955)
Swiss School (1955)
Judith Teaches (1955)
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)
Flora At Kilroinn (1956)
Lost Lorrenden (1956)
Strangers in Skye (1956)
The Vine Clad Hill (1956)
Ann's Alpine adventure (1957)
Black Forest Summer (1957)
Sara Goes to Germany (1957)
Murder At the Flood (1957)
Blue Dragon Days (1958)
Rachel Tandy (1958)
The Conch Shell (1958)
The House By the Marsh (1958)
Catrin in Wales (1959)
Amanda Goes to Italy (1959)
A Play to the Festival (1959)
A Summer in Brittany (1960)
Hilary's Summer On Her Own (1960)
Shadow Over the Alps (1960)
Tansy of Tring Street (1960)
Bluegate Girl (1961)
On stage, Flory! (1961)
Pendron Under the Water (1961)
Holiday of Endurance (1961)
Home to the Island (1961)
Clare Goes to Holland (1962) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
The First Time I Saw Paris (1962) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Schooldays in Skye (1962)
Signpost to Switzerland (1962)
Romance in Italy (1962)
A Summer in Provence (1963) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Kate Comes to England (1963)
The Sign of the Unicorn (1963)
Strangers in New York (1964) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
Fiona On the 14th Floor (1964)
aka Mystery On the Fourteenth Floor
It Happened in Arles (1964)
A Summer at Sea (1965)
Cruising to Danger (1966) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery of the Ski Slopes (1966)
aka Skiing to Danger
The Way Over Windle (1966)
In Pursuit of Clarinda (1966)
Dancing to Danger (1967)
Selina's New Family (1967) (with Anne Pilgrim (Mabel Esther Allan))
It started in Madeira (1967)
aka The Mystery Began in Madeira
Missing in Manhattan (1967)
aka Mystery in Manhattan
Castle of Fear (1968) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery at Saint-Hilaire (1968) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Mystery at the Villa Bianca (1969) (with Priscilla Hagon (Mabel Esther Allan))
Climbing to Danger (1969)
aka Mystery in Wales
A Chill in the Lane (1969)
The Mystery of the Secret Square (1970)
Dangerous Inheritance (1970)
The Secret Dancer (1971)
The May Day Mystery (1971)
Behind the Blue Gates (1972)
Time to Go Back (1972)
Island in a Green Sea (1972)
A Formidable Enemy (1973)
Kraymer Mystery (1973)
Bells of Rome (1974)
aka Mystery in Rome
Ship of Danger (1974)
Secret Players (1974)
The Night Wind (1974)
Romansgrove (1975)
Bridge of Friendship (1975)
Trouble in the Glen (1976)
The Rising Tide (1976)
My Family's Not Forever (1977)
The View Beyond My Father (1978)
New York for Nicola (1978)
Tomorrow is a Lovely Day (1979)
The Mills Down Below (1980)
A Lovely Tomorrow (1980)
A 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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