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The telegraph wires are cut, an army advances, and one courier must carry a warning across Siberia.
In Jules Verne’s Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar, a secret letter must reach Irkutsk, where the Czar’s brother is trapped. Feofar Khan’s army sweeps through Siberia, while the traitor Ivan Ogareff seeks revenge. The Czar chooses Michael, a strong, steady courier, to cross the dangerous country.
On the road east, Michael meets Nadia Fedor, who travels to join her exiled father in Irkutsk. She becomes his companion and helper as the towns grow farther apart and the news grows worse. From the Volga to the Urals and the Siberian plains, Verne makes geography part of the danger.
What you’ll discover
- A promise under pressure Follow a courier who treats his task as a sacred promise, whatever the cost.
- A brave travelling companion Meet Nadia, whose courage and help give Michael companionship on a dangerous road.
- A landscape of obstacles Cross vast plains and great rivers that stand between the messenger and his destination.
- A traitor seeking revenge Watch Ogareff pursue his grudge against the Czar as the invasion threatens Irkutsk.
- Rivals chasing the news Travel with Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet, competing reporters who follow the unfolding invasion.
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For readers who love chases, dangerous landscapes and heroes who keep their word, and anyone who enjoys an adventure filled with geography, rival reporters and a love story.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- The Czar chooses a courier
- A merchant's name and a long road
- Nadia joins the journey
- Over the Urals into trouble
- The invasion cuts the road
- Omsk and a mother's face
- Hunted across the steppe and rivers
- What the story is really about
- How Verne builds the adventure
Who’s who
- Michael StrogoffA strong, calm Siberian and courier of the Czar, he must carry a secret letter to Irkutsk, whatever it costs him.
- Nadia FedorA brave young woman travelling to Irkutsk to join her exiled father, she becomes Michael's companion and helper on the road.
- Ivan OgareffA disgraced Russian colonel turned traitor, he serves the Tartars and wants to seize Irkutsk to avenge himself on the Czar.
- Feofar KhanThe Tartar leader who invades Siberia with a great army and cuts the telegraph line to Irkutsk.
- Marfa StrogoffMichael's aged mother, who lives in Omsk and whom he has not seen for a long time.
- Harry BlountAn English war correspondent who follows the invasion for his London paper and often competes with his French rival.
- Alcide JolivetA cheerful French reporter who sends his dispatches to a cousin and travels, quarrels and finally allies with Blount.
- SangarreA gypsy woman who works as a spy for Ogareff and watches the roads of Siberia for him.
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Michele Strogoff: il corriere dello zar
by Jules Verne · 1876
Michael Strogoff carries a secret letter across Siberia as an army and a traitor threaten Irkutsk.
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Michael Strogoff is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in France in 1876. It belongs to his series of Extraordinary Journeys, the books in which he sent readers across the globe, under the sea and into the sky.
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The Czar chooses a courier
The story opens at a ball in the Old Palace at Moscow. News reaches the Czar that the Tartars have risen and that the telegraph wires to Siberia have been cut. The Czar learns that his own brother, the Grand Duke, is cut off in Irkutsk and does not know what danger is coming. A general named Kissoff stands near the Czar as he hears the report.
The Czar needs a messenger who cannot be bought, frightened or turned aside. He calls for Michael Strogoff, a captain in the corps of the Czar's couriers. Michael is a big, calm man from Omsk in Siberia, so he knows the country he must cross. He has been trained for exactly this kind of work, and he has the body to match.
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What is Michael Strogoff about?
It follows a courier of the Czar who must carry a secret letter across Siberia to Irkutsk during a Tartar invasion. A traitor named Ivan Ogareff is racing to reach the same city, so every mile counts.
Who is Ivan Ogareff in Michael Strogoff?
Ogareff is a Russian colonel who has betrayed his country and joined the Tartar leader Feofar Khan. He wants revenge on the Czar and plans to seize Irkutsk, which makes him Michael's chief enemy.
Is Michael Strogoff a true story?
No. It is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1876. The Tartar invasion and the characters are invented, though Verne based the setting on real Russian geography, towns and rivers of the period.
The author
Jules Verne
1828–1905 · French adventure novelist
Jules Verne was a French writer born in Nantes in 1828. He lived in Paris and later in Amiens, where he died in 1905. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
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