The Poison Belt

The Poison Belt
Cover of the first edition of The Poison Belt
AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
IllustratorHarry Rountree[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesProfessor Challenger
GenreScience fiction
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1913
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages199
Preceded byThe Lost World 
Followed byThe Land of Mist 

The Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's house in Sussex. This would be the last story written about Challenger until the 1920s, by which time Doyle's spiritualist beliefs had begun to influence his writing.[2]

  1. ^ Facsimile of the 1st edition (1913), stating illustrator on Title page
  2. ^ Pascal, Janet (1999). Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Baker Street. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780195122626.