The Grand Duke's life is in danger, and the telegraph wire has been cut.

Who can carry a dispatch from the Tsar across revolutionary Siberia in time to warn him?

Jules Verne. Today on the Classic Tales podcast.

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the link in the show notes. Subscribe and download and listen all you want. Today's story is the first

in an episodic release of the novel Michael Stroggoff by Jules Verne.

I don't know about you, but my favorite Jules Verne novel might be around the world in 80 days.

Michael Strogov is similarly commissioned with the Race Against Time, but the story is placed in

Zaris Russia and is essentially a spy novel.

This first episode is kind of a lot to set up, but once we get going, hold on tight.

And now, Michael Strugoff, part one of nine by Jules Verne.

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