November saw the release of one biography of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt's deathless heroine, and two of Isabella Blow, a flamboyant British fashion muse best known to the wider world for her baggy eyes, whimsical hats, and the chain-mail headpiece she wore to her wedding. Blow committed suicide in 2007 at the age of 48. It's a testament to her enduring fabulosity—and to the oddities of the publishing business—that both of these books not only exist, rushed to press and released on the same day, with the same cover image, but also that their authors are at war. The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana talks to the writers about their catty feud.
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