Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not Secret, Not History

This is a deceptive book from beginning to end.The author claims to have "secret" information on Pius XII gained from his archival research. In fact, there is nothing new here. Cornwell clearly didn't spend the amount of time in the Vatican Archives as he claimed. Many of his "sources" are popularized, secondary sources. This does not meet the minimum for serious history.The author gives a completely distorted picture of Pius XII. He systematically ignores Pacelli's (future Pius XII) speeches against Nazism in the mid-1930's. The Lourdes and Budapest speeches were widely praised at the time for their clear denunication of anti-Semitism. Since the public statements of Pius XII are so clearly anti-Nazi (and were attacked as such by the Nazi press), the author is reduced to teasing out hearsay statements and armchair psychologizing on Pius's motives.