Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: This isn't history, it's PROPAGANDA.

And BAD propaganda, to boot.A friend handed me this book, telling me how great it was. The title alone made me suspect heavily what it would really be about. I began reading it, just in case my first impression was wrong... and it WASN'T.The author states an awful lot of half-truths and distorted information - I think that he doesn't name sources just to cover his lies (sorry if it sounds harsh, but that's what I've been taught half-truths are). I've read propaganda books WAY better done than this one.I think that only two groups of people will fall for this book: 1) people who have NO general knowledge of the Middle Ages. 2) people whose nationalistic pride obscures their skepticism and/or reasoning (let me be clear on this: nationalistic pride is good, but not without a limit).In my opinion, this book is not worth the money it costs: as a history book, it's completely worthless; as a propaganda book, is mediocre.