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Le roman relate le periple de Michel Strogoff, courrier du tsar de Russie Alexandre II, de Moscou a Irkoutsk, capitale de la Siberie orientale. Sa mission est d'avertir le frere du tsar, reste sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'arrivee des hordes tartares4 menees par le traitre Ivan Ogareff pour envahir la Siberie. Sur cette route pleine d'obstacles, il croise la belle Nadia, ainsi que les journalistes europeens Harry Blount et Alcide Jolivet. Les voyageurs mettent en general cinq semaines pour aller de Moscou a Irkoutsk. Les courriers du tsar n'ont besoin que d'a peine dix-huit jours pour parcourir cette distance. Michel Strogoff met trois mois, a cause de toutes les epreuves qu'il doit surmonter. Il se fera, entre autres, bruler les yeux et deviendra aveugle... Nadia, sa fidele amie, le suit tout au long de son aventure. Ils se font passer pour frere et soeur.

Michael Strogoff is one of the best adventure novels written by Jules Verne. It tells the story of a courier for the Tzar of Russia and all the dangers and exciting adventures he lives. It is an accurate description of the exotic time of the Tzars and a trip back in time for those readers that enjoy the stories of the great Jules Verne. This is the English official edition brought to you without censorship or external changes of any kind.

In this 1876 “Mission Impossible” tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and foment a rebellion. A sinister plot to assassinate the Czar's brother, the Grand Duke, is discovered but all telegraph lines have been cut. Only one of the Czar's couriers is qualified to handle the dangerous and arduous mission to warn the Siberian Governor General of the impending invasion... Michael Strogoff.

Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar (Jules Verne)Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar (French: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. Critics, including Leonard S. Davidow, consider it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than this, in fact it is deservedly ranked as one of the most thrilling tales ever written." Unlike some of Verne's other novels, it is not science fiction, but a scientific phenomenon (Leidenfrost effect) is a plot device. The book was later adapted to a play, by Verne himself and Adolphe d'Ennery. Incidental music to the play was written by Alexandre Artus in 1880. The book has been adapted several times for films, television and cartoon series.Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Tartar Khan (prince), Feofar Khan, incites a rebellion and separates the Russian Far East from the mainland, severing telegraph lines. Rebels encircle Irkutsk, where the local governor, a brother of the Tsar, is making a last stand. Strogoff is sent to Irkutsk to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge against the imperial family. He intends to gain the governor's trust and then betray him to the Tartar hordes.On his way to Irkutsk, Strogoff meets Nadia Fedor, daughter of an exiled political prisoner, Basil Fedor, who has been granted permission to join her father at his exile in Irkutsk, the English war correspondent Harry Blount of the Daily Telegraph and Alcide Jolivet, a Frenchman reporting for his 'cousin Madeleine'. Blount and Jolivet tend to follow the same route as Michael, separating and meeting again all the way through Siberia. He is supposed to travel under a false identity, posing as the pacific merchant Nicolas Korpanoff but he is discovered by the Tartars when he meets his mother in their home city of Omsk.Michael, his mother and Nadia are eventually captured by the Tartar forces, along with thousands of other Russians, during the storming of a city in the Ob basin. The tartars do not know Strogoff by sight, but Ogareff is aware of the courier's mission and when he is told that Strogoff's mother spotted her son in the crowd and called his name, but received no reply, he understands that Strogoff is among the captured and devises a scheme to force the mother to indicate him. Strogoff is indeed caught and handed over to the Tartars, and Ogareff alleges that Michael is a spy, hoping to have him put to death in some cruel way.

In this 1876 "Mission Impossible" tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and foment a rebellion. A sinister plot to assassinate the Czar's brother, the Grand Duke, is discovered but all telegraph lines have been cut. Only one of the Czar's couriers is qualified to handle the dangerous and arduous mission to warn the Siberian Governor General of the impending invasion...Michael Strogoff.