Tremain s new novel is a saga of love and greed set during the mid-19th century gold rush in new zealand. Newlyweds joseph and harriet blackstone emigrate from england in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land where they settle threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. A sweeping historical novel about love ruin and redemption in nineteenth-century new zealand rose tremain s new novel is a saga of love and greed set during the mid-nineteenth-century gold rush in new zealand. Newlyweds joseph and harriet blackstone emigrate from england along with joseph s mother lilian in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near christchurch where they settle threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When joseph finds gold in the creek he hides the discovery from both his wife and mother and becomes obsessed with the riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm and family he sets off alone for the new goldfields over the southern alps a moral wilderness where many others under the seductive dreams of the colour rush to their destinies. Harriet decides to pursue her own journey toward an uncertain future. But nothing has prepared her for what happens to her when she arrives at the gold diggings. Amid squalor and confusion burning heat and icy flood harriet comes face-to-face with the true cost of desire. Beautifully written hauntingly evocative and by turns both moving and terrifying the colour is the story of a...
