La epidemia de la primavera

Synopsis of La epidemia de la primavera

«La epidemia de la primavera» is the historical romance novel by Empar Fernández, published by SUMA in paperback (440 pages, in Spanish).

In 1918, as the First World War tears Europe apart, Gracia Ballesteros flees Barcelona and arrives in Bordeaux, where she meets Carter Irvine, a young American enlisted as a volunteer. A relationship marked by distance and the dangers of the conflict develops between them, while the 1918 flu epidemic spreads and claims victims even among those who seem healthy. The novel recreates life in the trenches and the social uprisings led by women in Barcelona at the time.

Novel set during the First World War and the 1918 flu epidemic, with a background of historical romance and saga fiction.

Recommended for readers of historical romantic fiction and fiction set during the First World War.