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Posted on June 16, 2020

To the Festival

I have always known Edinburgh. I was born here and lived my first five years here. My Mum's parents lived in Musselburgh only a few…

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Posted on June 11, 2020October 31, 2021

Dancing with Drina in Kandersteg

Jean Estoril is one of the many pseudonyms of Mabel Esther Allan and so it should come as no surprise to those following this series…

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Posted on May 9, 2020October 31, 2021

My Lockdown Books: Forty Six

As many of you will know, Jean Estoril was one of Mabel Esther Allan's pseudonyms.  I, however, did not know that when I came across…

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Posted on December 15, 2018

15th December

I discovered the Drina books by Jean Estoril serendipitously in Lossiemouth Library as a child. I read them in a random order as and when…

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Posted on February 11, 2010February 11, 2010

Revising and Updating Books: some thoughts occasioned by re-reading Jean Estoril

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been re-reading the Drina books by Jean Estoril (Mabel Esther Allan).  I really liked these books as a…

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