Lang, himself a devoted fisherman, sets out what is known of Izaak Walton, the Stafford-born ironmonger who lived from Elizabeth’s reign to that of Charles II. He then turns to Walton’s Lives of Donne, Hooker and Herbert, to the charm of the Compleat Angler, and to how English fishing had changed in two centuries.
A graceful companion piece for anyone reading Walton or simply fond of rivers and rods. Download the free EPUB.