This document provides a summary of the plot of Sidney Sheldon's novel "Master of the Game". It follows the life of Kate Blackwell from her birth in the late 1800s through generations of her descendants. As a young woman, Kate is ambitious and willing to do anything to achieve power, money, and success. The story also describes her father Jamie and the origins of the family business, Kruger-Brent. Through intrigue and manipulation, Kate rises to become the powerful matriarch and "Master of the game". The novel also follows her son Tony and grandchildren, twins Eve and Alexandra, and the battle over who will inherit control of the family company.

1. Sidney Sheldon
MASTER
OF THE GAME

2. Kate Blackwell.
The woman, whose name is
equivalent to the word "success".
It was not used to choose the means
towards a desired goal. She always
got what she wanted - power, money, love ...
It does not stop at nothing - not to lie,
not to the betrayal, or even before a crime ...
She has achieved much - but
how much she lost ..?

3. The book begins with the fact that Kate is ninety years (the same main
character of the book) celebrates anniversary and recalled the story of her
family, a story in which there were hopes and disappointments, moments
of joy and sadness, love, separation, adventure and intrigue.

4. Then the author takes us back to
the distant past, in 1883, to the
origins, namely, to the time of
Kate's father's life, Jamie
McGregor.
As a young man, full of
enthusiasm and youthful
extremism is sent to South Africa
in search of diamonds.

5. He manages to be a victim of cruel deception, make friends with a
black man by the name of Banda, rich, cruel revenge on his enemy
and set up a company under the symbolic name
for him Kruger-Brent.

6. Jamie's wife, Margaret - daughter Jamie sworn enemy. The poor girl
with no memory in love with the main character, has become an
instrument of revenge. Their son died, but after his death and the death
of Jamie McGregor, Margaret gave birth to a daughter named Kate.

7. The following chapters tell about the life of Kate. She - purposeful,
powerful and successful. She - the master of the game, intrigante.
She weaves intrigue, stepping over people, even their loved ones,
and all for the main point in his life - business.

8. Subsequent chapters tell about the
descendants of Kate. About her son,
Tony, to which the mother in the
first place powerful and imperious
woman, in the presence of a boy
even stutter.
And about Tony’s children,
grandchildren, Kate -
twins Eve and Alexandra.

9. Girls absolute opposites of
each other, the personification
of evil and good; greedy,
insatiable Eve, for the sake of
money and power, she is
ready to even kill her own
sister; and gentle, kind,
sensitive Alexandra.

10. GWho would have by inheritance it will get to run
the company? Will the good evil?
This you will find in the book!

11. immaculately бездоганно
frowned насупився
ominously зловісно
ghoulish огидний
swarming роїтися
nausea нудота

12. excruciating болісний
dour непохитний
covert завуальований
ludicrously сміховинно
coveted бажаний
succulent соковитий

13. sneered глумився
mane грива
hatred ненависть
arrogant зарозумілий
eminent видатний
deliberately свідомо

14. concealed прихований
penetrate проникати
veil вуаль
recluse відлюдник
dug викопаний
bowels нутрощі

15. loomed маячили
nemesis відплата
perpetual вічний
vengeful мстивий
accentuated підкреслений