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“... had no such vision. They would be blamed for ‘losing’ China. One of the great merits of Patrick Tyler’s history of this relationship is its down-to-earthness. He footnotes Li Peng’s diatribe thus: It is likely that Li Peng invoked the ‘losing China’ argument because he understood how powerful it was in domestic American politics. After ...”

“... public spaces: the tended royal park at Greenwich and the wilder expanse of Blackheath (where Wat Tyler assembled insurgents for the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381). A few miles south and west are Dulwich Woods, Sydenham Woods and Dulwich Park, ‘leafy’ areas in a part of London that could be otherwise defined by less sylvan spots: Walworth, Woolwich, New ...”

“... escapes, murdered princelings, futile rebellion. Richard II is rowed downstream to confront Wat Tyler and his peasant army. Unable to call on anything as formidable as the Metropolitan Police’s Territorial Support Group, the boy king refuses to step ashore. ‘Rough, rude men’ had been sent ‘all over the country’ to gather the iniquitous poll tax ...”