Whitebait book just published

This is the extraordinary tale of a fish that never was. 

Invented to dodge laws about catching small fry, whitebait became part of the London summer season. The well-to-do flocked to the grand riverside taverns of Blackwall and Greenwich to gorge on these fish that were made famous by the government’s annual Ministerial Whitebait Dinners. 

But Whitebait Fever was to take a heavy toll on the fish – and the Thames fishermen.

Here, for the first time, Roger Williams, author of The London Trilogy, unravels the history of whitebait, and exposes the hypocracy and the hype that for two centuries surrounded the little fish. 

Whitebait can still cause disagreements about what it actually is. 

This book aims to put the record straight. 

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