Book Fringe: Meghan Kobza on the history of the masquerade

Lavishly illustrated, full of life and originality, The Masquerade is a revelatory account of an event which captivates us to this day.
About this Event

All 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.