"The English, The French And The Oyster" 1995 NEILD, Robert Playing Cards

"The English, The French And The Oyster" 1995 NEILD, Robert Playing CardsNEILD, Robert [212] pp. Quiller Press 1995 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" Why are oysters, which were so cheap and plentiful in Dicken's time, now so scarce and expensive? Why does Britain now produce only 10 million oysters a year when the French produce 2,000 million? After long research into old records and reports, and many journeys to the coasts of Britain and France, Robert Neild reveals how in Britain we neglected the oyster and permitted it to be fished

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