A stunning tale—based on a true story—of one nurse in France during World War I who must battle the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. Now in paperback! Superintendent of Nurses Julia Stimson and sixty-five inexperienced young nurses arrive on the front lines of World War I to find chaos. With 1,300 soldiers stuffed into a facility built for five-hundred, providing even the most basic care is challenging—and Julia quickly learns that male doctors see her as a threat to their authority. Based on a true story, The War Nurse follows Julia through World War I in France, while the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic overwhelms medical resources. Julia must confront an unthinkable choice—to challenge her profession and risk her hard-won career, or to let the people she loves die in her arms.