Sentence:  Among the memorable characters in this epic enterprise are the power-hungry Kenneth Widmerpool, whose beginnings are inauspicious, but who eventually achieves formidable influence through a series of ruthless manoeuvres, and Sir Magnus Donners, at whose mansion World War II is <WSD>fanfared</WSD> with a charade of the seven deadly sins. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.