Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar (French: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. It is considered one of Verne's best books by critics. Unlike some of Verne's other famous novels, it is not science fiction. Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Jules Verne. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

The book has been adapted several times for films and cartoon series.

Plot summary

Michael Strogoff is a courier for the czar Alexander II of Russia. When the Tatar king Feofar Khan invades Russia, Strogoff is sent to Irkutsk to warn the governor, who is the brother of the czar, against the traitor Ivan Ogareff. On his way he meets Nadja Fedor (in some translations, Nadia) and the war reporters Harry Blount -- reporting for an English paper -- and Alcide Jolivet, a Frenchman -- reporting for his 'cousin Madelaine'. Blount and Jolivet tend to follow the same route as Michael, separating and meeting again all the way through Siberia. Michael, with his mother and Nadia, are eventually taken prisoner by the Tartar forces. Ivan Ogareff says that Michael is a spy. Feofar, after consulting the Koran, decides that Michael will be blinded in the Tartar fashion, with a hot blade. Michael and Nadia escape, and travel to Irkutsk with a friendly peasant. They are delayed by fire and the frozen river. However, they eventually reach Irkutsk, and warn the Czar's brother in time of Ivan Ogareff. Michael's mother joins them and Michael and Nadia are married. A courier is a person or company that delivers packages and mail, often between offices and generally in a shorter timescale than surface mail. ... Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ... Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevitch (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (born April 17, 1818 in Moscow; died March 13, 1881 in St. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Irkutsks location Irkutsk (Russian: ) is the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, one of the largest cities in Siberia. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (English: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) Anthem: La Marseillaise Capital Paris 48°51′ N 2°20′ E Largest city Paris Official language French1 Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Prime Minister Unitary republic Jacques Chirac Dominique de Villepin Formation 843 (Treaty of Verdun) (5th Republic: 1958) Accession to the EU 25 March... Siberia is also an album by Echo & The Bunnymen. ... The Quran (Arabic al-qurʾān أَلْقُرآن; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ...

External links

• Michael Strogoff from JV.Gilead.org.il
• Michael Strogoff - A play in Five Acts and Sixteen Scenes from JV.Gilead.org.il
• ISBN 0884119203
• Free download in Microsoft Reader format
• Michael Strogoff (text and HTML), available freely at Project Gutenberg
• Michael Strogoff (audio), available freely at Project Gutenberg