Michael Strogoff : the courier of the Czar /

Though Michael Strogoff : the courier of the Czar hews more closely to the genre of historical fiction than the science fiction for which Jules Verne is best known, the novel contains the same action-packed adventure and intrigue that made Verne famous, and critics now regard it as one of the author...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, Ã2010.
Subjects:
1855-1881
Tatars > Fiction.
Tatars > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > General.
Tatars
Russia > History > Alexander II, 1855-1881 > Fiction.
Russie > Histoire > 1855-1881 (Alexandre II) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Russia
Fiction
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A fete at the new palace
  • Russians and Tartars
  • Michael Strogoff meets the Czar
  • From Moscow to Nijni-Novgorod
  • The two announcements
  • Brother and sister
  • Going down the Volga
  • Going up the Kama
  • Day and night in a tarantass
  • A storm in the Ural Mountains
  • Travelers in distress
  • Provocation
  • Duty before everything
  • Mother and son
  • The marshes of the Baraba
  • A final effort
  • The rivals
  • A Tartar camp
  • Correspondents in trouble
  • Blow for blow
  • The triumphal entry
  • "Look while you may!"
  • A friend on the highway
  • The passage of the Yenisei
  • A hare crosses the road
  • In the Steppe
  • Baikal and Angara
  • Between two banks
  • Irkutsk
  • The Czar's courier
  • The night of the fifth of October
  • Conclusion.

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