The Colour is a gripping drama of sacrifice and greed set
during the mid-nineteenth-century gold rush in New Zealand.

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Rose Tremain in Vintage paperback

'The Colour is a measured book, a diligent, painstaking book'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'She is a magical storyteller… it is as an artist that she excels'
NEW STATESMAN

'This is a writer whose breadth of imagination and supple prose transcend the genre: she is one of the finest writers in English'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Tremain is a magnificent, buttonholing storyteller with an enormous story to tell'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

'Tremain has produced her own wondrous piece of gold'
SCOTSMAN

'Brilliantly detailed and textured'
DAILY MAIL

'This is a beautifully crafted book - at once a gripping adventure story and a compelling portrayal of human emotion at its bravest and its most vulnerable'
ECONOMIST

'A fabulous work, bravely imaginative, deeply moving, surprising,
invigorating and satisfying'
INDEPENDENT

'An engrossing novel, an adventure story with a sensitive side'
OBSERVER

'The Colour is the product of a large and generous talent'
FINANCIAL TIMES