Imposter Puzzle Book: Use Your Logic and Intuition to Identify the Traitors by Roland Hall & Malcolm Croft instant download

Imposter Puzzle Book: Use Your Logic and Intuition to Identify the Traitors by Roland Hall & Malcolm Croft instant download

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same . . .

— If, Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We’ve made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it.

— Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011)

Imposters and traitors have been famous – infamous for sure – throughout the whole of history, in fact and fiction. Stories of deceit and betrayal have echoed down the years and serve as warnings to current generations, legends from the past to demonstrate how humankind is capable of letting down friends and allies alike. Wars are full of tales of treachery as much as heroics. There’s plenty of betrayal in the Bible, most famously Cain and Abel. Their story is also recounted in the Qu’ran, which demonstrates the diversity and breadth of history and culture that talks of the subject; it is an issue for all of humanity. It is evident that by the 17th century the notion of betrayal was well established in popular culture as well as politics and history. Many Shakespeare plays contain characters who fool their friends, family members, lovers and more, pretending and lying. From Caesar and Othello to King Lear and Prince Hal, there are acts of betrayal littering the famous works. In Macbeth, Lady Macduff is asked ‘What is a traitor?’Her response is ‘One who swears and lies.’ (as in swearing an oath rather than using bad words).

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