Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: One of Plaidy's best

I prefer Jean Plaidy's books to those written under the name of Victoria Holt, mainly because I have an insane passion for historical fiction. In all of her "I" novels written from the point of view of a Queen, the reader actually becomes that woman's confidante and you feel that you really know her. It's an extraordinary gift for a writer to make someone feel so at home with an aloof historical character.ETA (10/30/09): Having read more Plaidy recently and finding her style dry and hard to get through, I wonder what my opinion of this book would be, now 10 years since my original review? :-)