Dr Adam Reid

Dr Adam Reid was the driving force behind the Roraima expedition, and unfortunately deceased at the time of The Lion and the Unicorn.

Character Background
A brilliant theorist and a dedicated field-worker. He is very intelligent, and once set on an aim pursues it with vigour and single-mindedness. It is his passion and energy which took the suggestions of an unknown site in Finch’s diary, and formed from them a theory, a proposal, and finally an expedition.

He is frequently very difficult to get along with: egotistical, dominating, and stubborn; he likes to do things his own way, he has little patience for the mistakes of others, and he almost never admits he is wrong. He is also prone to violent fits of temper.

He possesses a considerable inherited fortune, and is technically a minor aristocrat, although he dislikes this fact and never uses his title. He has put a small fortune of his own money into the expedition.

Reid is married to the playwright Katie Reid; their marriage is childless, and well known to be less than happy.