by Sidney Sheldon · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422615880
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Kate Blackwell, the protagonist of 'Master of the Game', celebrates her ninetieth birthday surrounded by important figures from politics and finance. However, her attention is focused on her grandson Robert, in whom she places all her hopes. The novel explores Kate's life, from her origins in South Africa to the construction of her economic empire, and her relationships with her family, including her father Jamie, her mother Margaret, her husband David, and her disappointing granddaughters. Robert represents the culmination of her life and the key to her legacy.
Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980).
