The Lost World

Informationen zum Autor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). Klappentext The notorious Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still walk the earth. When the press and the scientific community ridicule him, Challenger vows to show them proof. And so he sets off for South America, accompanied by a big game hunter, a scientist and a young reporter eager to impress the woman he loves. On a remote plateau in the middle of impenetrable jungle, they discover the impossible truth, but must battle monsters and men before they can bring their testimony home. Zusammenfassung The notorious Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still walk the earth. On a remote plateau in the middle of impenetrable jungle, they discover the impossible truth, but must battle monsters and men before they can bring their testimony home.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2011
• EAN: 9780099528524
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952852-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Science Fiction, Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Classic fiction: general and literary