Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: on the short list of great historial novels

all the great things said about this book are true. shaara uses fictional storytelling techniques to explore some of the great men of the civil war, and particularly Gettysburg. Lee...Longstreet...Chamberlain...Jeb Stuart...and many others. the end leaves you with the feeling of a great weight on your chest and sadness, but also exhiliration to look so deeply into the hearts of brave men in a terrible war.