Book review of Jules Verne’s “Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar”

What is the book about?

The book titled “Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar”, which was written by Jules Verne, tells the story and adventures of the main character, Michael Strogoff, a hardened officer who serves in the Czar’s army.

As a result of the Tatars’ unexpected invasion, he is on a secret mission of delivering a warning message from the Czar himself, who is based in Moscow, to his brother, who is in faraway Siberia.

An ode to human courage

As you can guess, there is plenty of action in the book, and as soon as the main character enters the picture, he finds himself in the middle of situations that may not be life-threatening at first, but end up as such as the plot thickens.

Since Jules Verne’s primary purpose is not to give just an account of the battles taking place between the Russians and the Tatars, but rather to emphasize on the extraordinary, and even superhuman, strength, skills, and stamina of Michael Strogoff that emerge in the course of the conflict, the latter is constantly at the center of attention.