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? Prime Minister Winston Churchill along with British intelligence sees the security of Portugal as key in his 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 such as Britain’s Vice Adm. Sir Norman “Ned” Denning, Sir John Cecil Masterman, and Vice Adm. John Henry Godfrey along with the author’s main hero, Lt. Cmdr. Ian Fleming of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
