To the casual observer, Le Carré's story is one of great success: international fame, enormous sales, the respect of critics; a long and illustrious career marked by diligence and hard work.
At the awards, Mary Berry was presented with an outstanding achievement award to mark "her illustrious career spanning over 60 years, taking her from cookery editor to TV personality and bestselling author", said the organisers.
The contemporary art magazine's illustrious cover stars past marking out, perhaps, the cover stars of the future.
It is not the most prestigious victory of his illustrious career but it should mark his return to form after 12 months of doubt.
Of those seven, Williams had the most illustrious pro career, playing a game marked by quicksilver moves that earned him the nickname the Wizard.
Before Derek Jeter made his mark as New York's most illustrious shortstop, there was another player, popularly known as Doc Adams, who in the mid-1800s inventhe the position while playing for a different local powerhouse, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.
"Wayne is a strong character, which the manager has always liked," said Robson, who helped United win the Premier League in 1993 and 1994 to mark the end of an illustrious 13 years at the club.
It's the high-water mark of a long and illustrious career.
Needless to say, the news "was a very heavy burden to carry". But it also marked the start of an illustrious career for the Juilliard-educated musician, who then, as now, was one of only a handful of African-Americans to find success in classical music.
Although a handful of workers will remain in rented space at the Long Island City mill making wall coverings, hand-painted fabrics and passementerie (tassels and trimming), some of it on hand looms powered with foot pedals, shutting down the big looms marks the end of an illustrious era.
His appointment as assistant marks the end of an illustrious playing career during which he won 34 major trophies in 802 starts and 161 substitute appearances.
