Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: great pictures, terrible history

The best thing about this book are the plates, which include some nice reproductions of prints and paintings of interest to anyone researching this time period. However, as a "history" it is so biased and simplistic that no one can possibly take it seriously. For example, all the protestants are evil and all the catholics are virtuous. The author makes totally unfounded assertions and provides absolutely no citations or bibliography of any kind to support his claims. It's hard to find good works on Catherine de' Medicis, who has admittedly gotten a rough deal from the historians of the past. However, I would recommend anyone interested in the subject look at the works by Knecht and Strage for a more objective analysis of the facts.