Virginia is gone. After years of illness, Edgar loses the person who had quietly been at the centre of his world. But grief isn’t the end of his story. It’s the beginning of one of the most chaotic chapters of his life.

In this episode, we follow Edgar through the aftermath of Virginia’s death, his mysterious collapse, a surprising medical diagnosis, the publication of Eureka, and a whirlwind of relationships that have left historians arguing ever since. Because Virginia’s final request was heartbreakingly simple: “Take care of my Eddy.” Unfortunately, everyone had a different idea of what that meant.

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