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Frederick Milnes Edge

Best remembered for writing one of the earliest books on chess legend Paul Morphy, this 19th-century English journalist also chronicled the American Civil War and public figures of his day. His work mixes eyewitness reporting, political commentary, and lively biography.

2 Audiobooks

The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

by Frederick Milnes Edge

An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge

An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge

by Frederick Milnes Edge

About the author

Frederick Milnes Edge was an English journalist and author active in the mid-1800s. He is most often associated with The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion (1859), an early book about the celebrated American chess master Paul Morphy.

His writing ranged well beyond chess. Records of his books show titles on the American Civil War and politics, including An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge (1864), President Lincoln's Successor, Major General McClellan, and America Yesterday and To-Day, as well as a tribute to Florence Nightingale.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life are limited in the sources I could confirm here, so it is safest to remember him as a versatile Victorian-era man of letters whose surviving reputation rests on vivid nonfiction about chess, war, and current affairs.