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Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar 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…
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I bought this book fifty years ago but have only just got round to reading it. My initial interest resulted from seeing the 1936 Hollywood movie that is based on the book. It is an exceptionally well-plotted novel about the courier of the Tsar charged with getting through Tartar lines to deliver a vital message to the besieged city of Omsk. Jules Verne had never been to the Russian steppes, but he recreates their physical environment expertly, and in Michael Strogoff, he creates his greatest hero.
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