The Colour of Blood

The Colour of Blood
First UK edition
AuthorBrian Moore
LanguageEnglish
Genrepolitical thriller
PublisherJonathan Cape (UK)
McClelland & Stewart (Canada)
Dutton (US)
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages182
ISBN978-0-224-02513-3
OCLC18192603
Preceded byBlack Robe (1985) 
Followed byLies of Silence (1990) 

The Colour of Blood, published in 1987, is a political thriller by Northern Irish-Canadian novelist Brian Moore about Stephen Bem, a Cardinal in an unnamed East European country who is in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy and finds himself caught in the middle of an escalating revolution.