The main character of William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fair. A cynical, but delightful, social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men.
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Becky Sharp
The houses each side were built about 1680. Boston House built in 1740, on th...
Born Theobalds Road which at the time was 6 King's Road. Novelist, e.g. Coningsby, Sybil, and Tancred. Tory Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880. 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Clearly an interesting ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
Born 76 Sloane Street, Chelsea. Second baronet. Politician and writer. As a rising member of parliament, he was regarded as a future prime minister. He fell from grace when he was cited in the divo...
Author. Born Edinbugh. Aged 5 lost his mother and was brought up in England by his grandparents. Very successful at school in Oxford, he was denied university for financial reasons, which explains ...
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
"The poetical antiquary", bibliographer and engraver. He published his own verse but mainly he edited historical and literary works. Father of John James Park.
