![]() ![]() Malone joined the expedition to prove himself to the woman who rejected his proposal. It seems that Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger may have also influenced Peters' writing. Rider Haggard's novels inspired some of Amelia Peabody's adventures. Adventurer Lord John Roxton and Challenger's antagonist, Professor Summerlee, round out the party.Challenger's personality and physical characteristics reminded me of Professor Emerson of the Amelia Peabody series. Just as Holmes needed Watson to record his adventures, Challenger has young newspaper reporter Malone to record the events of the expedition. In the first of his adventures, readers travel with the Professor and his three companions to a remote plateau in South America where dinosaurs and other prehistoric life forms still roam the earth. ![]() Holmes's fame overshadows that of another of Conan Doyle's literary creations, Professor Challenger. When you mention Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most people will immediately associate him with his great detective, Sherlock Holmes. ![]()
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