The Great Influenza

‘Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history’ – Bill Gates‘Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject’ – New York Times Book ReviewMonumental… powerfully intelligent… not just a masterful narrative… but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale – Chicago Tribune‘A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely’ – Boston Globe‘Majestic, spellbinding treatment of a mass killer’ – Kirkus‘History brilliantly written… The Great Influenza is a masterpiece’ – Baton Rouge Advocate

John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (co-written with Steven Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.