It’s June 1940. The Battle of Dunkirk is over with a massive military evacuation from Britain’s beachhead. Germany has occupied France. What of Britain’s longtime ally Portugal and its key port in Lisbon? Then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill along with British intelligence see the security of Portugal as key in their continuing efforts to unseat Hitler and his instruments of Nazi control. Many of Churchill’s behind-closed-doors strategic planning sessions take place in Room 39 located in the British Admiralty near Whitehall. While “Room 39 and the Lisbon Connection” is a fictional account, here readers will meet key historical figures like Britain’s Vice Admiral Sir Norman “Ned” Denning, Sir John Cecil Masterman, and Vice Admiral John Henry Godfrey along with the author’s main hero, Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Author Anthony Wells is uniquely positioned to tell the story of Fleming’s role in British intelligence. Wells is …