The Maracot Deep

Product Description The Maracot Deep (1929) is a science fiction novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the sunken city of Atlantis. A team of explorers led by the scientific genius Professor Maracot sets off for a deep-sea exploration, but their ship is wrecked by a cyclone. This Super Large 18pt Edition has been optimized for readers with considerable loss of normal vision who prefer intense bold 18pt large type. About the Author Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. Sent off to boarding school, he cut his teeth as a story-teller amusing his schoolmates with tales and writing letters home to his mother. He practiced medicine and, in 1900, volunteered as a medic in Africa during the Boer War – he was later knighted for his service. Doyle lost a son, two brothers in law, and two nephews to the Great War. He is remembered for the Sherlock Holmes stories and his novel The Lost World.