Alejandra Brown is a British-Argentine historian specializing in medieval and early modern Britain. Educated at the University of Sheffield (BA) and the University of Cambridge (PhD), she has spent two decades working with parish chests, manorial rolls, and landscape surveys to tell the stories of people whose names rarely reach the headline chronicles. She lectures in public history and paleography, and has curated community digs across Shropshire and the Welsh Marches.
Her previous books include Hearths of Stone: Domestic Life in the Border Marches and Rubble & Reliquaries: Finding Faith in Broken Places, the latter earning the North Country Book Award for nonfiction. Alejandra Brown’s essays have appeared in regional archives bulletins and national newspapers, and she frequently advises local trusts on conservation and interpretation. She lives in York with her partner and an elderly terrier, and divides her time between reading rooms, muddy fields, and village halls.
