Mikhail Strogov, or the courier of the king

Bukhara emir Feofar Khan wants to go with the sun. He is ready to conquer all the lands from Tobolsk to the Ural mountains. A certain disgraced Russian officer who feeds his personal enmity for the tsar’s brother, the Grand Duke, directs his actions. Siberia represents convenient ground for the uprising, since political exiles, as well as criminals, can easily take the side of the attackers. The courier of the king needs to get from Moscow to Irkutsk at all costs and warn the Grand Duke of mortal danger.
In the next volume of Jules Verne, the novel “Mikhail Strogodov” is included - a universally recognized masterpiece of the author, for various reasons little -known in our country. The book is based on the story of Khan Kenesara, who in the first half of the 19th century headed the national liberation movement of the Kazakh clans. The manuscript Strogova was read and commented on by Jules Verne"s friend - Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. The novel is published in one of the best and completely complete translation