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What if the person you saw giving that speech... wasn't the person at all?
Across battlefields, thrones, film sets, and presidential palaces, a hidden tactic has shaped world events for centuries-the use of doubles, decoys, and fabricated identities.
In The Second Face, investigative author Geoffrey Zachary takes readers on a gripping, cinematic journey through the untold history of impersonation at the highest levels of power, culture, and influence.
This is not just a book about politics.
It's about performance as survival.
From tyrants who vanished behind lookalikes to celebrities replaced mid-career without a whisper, this explosive exposé reveals how illusion is not the exception-but the rule.