George Shipway’s two novels, The Imperial Governor and The Knight, introduced a first-rate historical novelist to readers in the United States. He was praised not only for his meticulous research, but also for his “lean hard” style (Gerald Meyer, is the Des Moines Register) and “fascinating insight into the timeless military mind” (Martin Blumenson, in the Washington, DC. Star).

Now, Mr. Shipway turns again to that same “timeless military mind” in a modern—and frequently funny—suspense tale. THE YELLOW ROOM is the story of a handful of retired, pukka sahib British military men who pass their hours sipping sherry and grumbling in the Yellow Room of their club while, in the streets outside, riots, revolution, and conspiracy threaten to topple the country they love so well. What they do to ensure that there will, indeed, always be an England, and what is done to them is a highly satisfying novel, an entertainment where honor summons crime to her needs, and murder joins hands with patriotism, and all are celebrated in most unusual, shocking, and often amusing, ways.