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Some places are best left undiscovered . . . In this rip-roaring adventure from the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger and his team of explorers find a lost prehistoric world in the remote wilds of South America. Huge pterodactyls rule the skies and the jungle is home to lumbering stegosaurus, carnivorous dinosaurs and terrifying ape-men. If the adventurers can survive, fame and fortune almost certainly await them back in London. But in this dangerous land that defies all science and reason, humans are no longer at the top of the food chain -- and their predators are out for blood. First published in 1912, this thrilling story was the inspiration for Jurassic Park.

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.