Description
| Product ID: | 9780099425151 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Colour |
| Authors: | Author: Rose Tremain |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of 'the colour', are violently rushing to their destinies. Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of ''the colour'', are violently rushing to their destinies. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-04-29 |
