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English author and biographer (1593-1683)
Also known as: Isaac Walton, Isaak Walton, Исаак Уолтон, إسحاق والتون, アイザック・ウォルトン, 艾薩克·華爾頓
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- Compleat angler
- The Lives of - John Donne - Sir Henry Wotton - Richard Hooker - George Herbert & Robert Sanderson
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