Characters in "Bill The Conqueror"
- William Paradene West, ex-Harvard footballer, known to all as Bill
- Cooley Paradene, Bill West's wealthy book-collecting uncle
- Horace French, an unpleasant youth adopted by Paradene
- Professor Appleby, Horace's white-bearded mentor
- Wilfred Slingsby, Paradene's man in London
- Judson Coker, Bill West's best friend, a devout drinker
- Alice Coker, Judson's doting sister, adored by Bill
- George Pyke, media mogul
- Roderick Pyke, Pyke's droopy son
- Frances Hammond, Pyke's doting sister
- Sinclair Hammond, Frances' husband, an archaeologist
- Felicia "Flick" Sheridan, Hammond's orphaned niece
- Percy Pilbeam, Roderick's deputy on Society Spice
- Prudence Stryker, striking-looking chorus-girl, friend of Judson and known to Slingsby
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