ESTORIL, JEAN — Drina Dances in Paris

UK, Simon & Schuster. 1992. Paperback with dust jacket, 18 Cm. Book, One of Jean Estoril's (pseudonym of Mabel Esther Allan) ballet series. Less than 500g to post, cheaper than our other copy as cover has a slight crease. No. 7 > Drina and Rose are invited to go to Paris to dance in 'The Nutcracker' after the dancer playing Little Clara is injured. About the author > Mabel Esther Allan (11 February 1915 - 14 May 1998) 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 eyesight was poor & she was almost thirty, when it spontaneously improved. Her eyesight was the reason she disliked school. 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. Good/None issued.