Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: 18th century crime drama Dickens would be proud of

This was a great read. Set in the 1700s based around John Fielding, blind magistrate. He makes up for his handicap with his keen other senses and brilliant deduction. The narrator is 13 year old Jeremy Proctor recently orphaned when his father dies in the stocks. Jeremy comes before the magistrate accused of a crime he does not commit. Fielding "sees through" the con of Jeremy's accusers. Fielding sets him free and sets out to find an apprenticeship in the printing trade, a trade taught to Jeremy by his deceased father. A Lord is murdered and John presses Jeremy into service to be his eyes and help him solve the crime. This is a wonderful plot full of twists turns and wonderful characters. The use of language is excellent and plops the reader right in the middle of the times. The characters are diverse and captivating -- reminiscent of Dickens. I strongly recommend this to anyone who loves a good mystery as well as great historical fiction.