by SMThornton | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Let it be known that I am forever using goofy history videos while teaching, usually to make my students laugh (but also, sneakily to teach them). My favorites are John Green’s Crash Course and Horrible Histories, but I just found this one from Historyteachers...
by SMThornton | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s almost exactly 1 1/2 months until the debut of The Secret History, and things are starting to get busy. There will be a blog tour, giveaways (books and Byzantine coins–ohlala!), and I might even have some other excitement hidden up my sleeve. ...
by SMThornton | May 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy Mother’s Day! In celebration, I have for your reading pleasure an excerpt of The Secret History. Let’s just say Theodora and her mom have a rather complicated relationship. The silence expanded around us. “You didn’t come all this way, with a...
by SMThornton | May 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve sent a few letters to my senators in recent months, so when a letter from Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski landed in mailbox, I expected a run-of-the-mill form letter. Instead, she was writing about The Secret History! I’m not sure who told her...
by SMThornton | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ask someone to name a Roman emperor and chances are you’ll get one of the usual heavyweights: Octavian (can’t stand him), Caligula (born on my birthday!), or maybe even Nero (killed his mom, so I’m not a big fan). Ask someone to name a Byzantine...
