Edge travelled with Morphy as his secretary and wrote this immediately: the New Orleans prodigy’s arrival in England, the matches against Löwenthal, Harrwitz and finally Anderssen, the blindfold displays, Staunton’s long evasion of a match — and the adulation that preceded Morphy’s retreat from chess altogether.
The strangest career in chess, reported from beside the board. Download the free EPUB.