Verne Jules

Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar Verne Jules

Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of. 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.