blood-book
noun
1 German History a book in which the names and confessions of criminals convicted of capital offences were recorded.
2A book containing violent or sensational material, a blood-and-thunder book; compare sense 23 (now historical ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Keightley (1789–1872), historian and author. After German Blutbuch.
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