# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 12:45 pm - **Event Description**: Lavishly illustrated, full of life and originality, The Masquerade is a revelatory account of an event which captivates us to this day.About this EventAll Book Fringe events are FREE in person + online | no tickets required (but you can reserve them here to get a book/reminder of the event & help us have enough seats for everyone)For the British Georgian elite, the masquerade was an opportunity like no other to gather, flirt, and consume. For everyone else it was notorious for mischief and misbehaviour, and a focus for voracious gossip.Join us in welcoming Meghan Kobza as she introduces us to a party like no other: the eighteenth-century masquerade. Lavishly illustrated, full of life and originality, is a revelatory account of an event which captivates us to this day.A perfect journey through time in the middle of our own festival revelry!This event will be 30 mins followed by audience questions and signing. Please feel free to attend any or all of these depending on your capacity!Our speaker:Meghan Kobza is a historian of leisure in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and particularly Georgian costume, fancy dress, and material culture. Her new book is The Masquerade: A History of Extravagance and Intrigue. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/book-fringe-meghan-kobza-on-the-history-of-the-masquerade/100001995459413823 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Music, Parties, Festivals - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 45 minutes - Location: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 1.79, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop - **lat**: 55.9446466 - **long**: -3.1855542 - **full address**: Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/f197c427386d12c20de1d7ad4da23f2b4295645143554a2eb039a2bf559d66d5-rimg-w1200-h675-dcfcf6e2-gmir.jpg?v=1785386903 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade being held? - **A:** Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade takes place on Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 12:45 pm at Lighthouse - Edinburgh s Radical Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade? - **A:** Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade is organized by Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/f197c427386d12c20de1d7ad4da23f2b4295645143554a2eb039a2bf559d66d5-rimg-w1200-h675-dcfcf6e2-gmir.jpg?v=1785386903", "startDate": "2026-08-27", "endDate": "2026-08-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/edinburgh/book-fringe-meghan-kobza-on-the-history-of-the-masquerade/100001995459413823", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "43-45 West Nicolson Street", "postalCode": "EH8 9DB", "addressLocality": "Edinburgh", "addressRegion": "SC", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "55.9446466", "longitude": "-3.1855542" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Lavishly illustrated, full of life and originality, The Masquerade is a revelatory account of an event which captivates us to this day.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-08", "availabilityEnds": "2026-08-27", "validFrom": "2026-09-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "1.79", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/edinburgh/book-fringe-meghan-kobza-on-the-history-of-the-masquerade/100001995459413823" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/edinburgh/book-fringe-meghan-kobza-on-the-history-of-the-masquerade/100001995459413823", "price": "1.79", "name": "General Admission (includes a £1 book voucher)" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/edinburgh/book-fringe-meghan-kobza-on-the-history-of-the-masquerade/100001995459413823", "price": 0, "name": "Free- Please do book a free place if you're broke." } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Lighthouse - Edinburghs Radical Bookshop", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/lighthouse-edinburghs-radical-bookshop/23914904", "description": "We are an independent community bookshop on the radical left, politically engaged and socially conscious. 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