| Phase of history. |
| Path of a story |
| Life story, for short |
| Succession of rulers from the same family |
| History book chapters |
| Blocks of history |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| Story of gorilla warfare? |
| A long-established history |
| Story of a Ping-Pong champ's retirement years? |
| Ancient storyteller hired by royalty to tell stories in praise of said royalty. Good feedback all around, I think |
| Adenauer's successor as German chancellor |
| Cave raider of story |
| Intervals of history |
| A notable period of history |
| Bones in a spooky story |
| A People's History of the United States" writer Howard |
| Memorable chunks of history |
| 1961 John Updike story set in a grocery store |
| West Side Story" seamstress |
| Churchill's successor: 1945 |
| Alistair Horne book subtitled "A Short History" that begins with the division of Gaul into three parts |
| Boutros-Ghali's U.N. successor |
| Venerable author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, d. 735 |
| Cover story? |
| Periods in history |
| Churchill was his predecessor and successor |
| Be very successful at fishing? |
| Cryptographers' successes (and what can be found in the circles in this puzzle's long answers) |
| Actor Peters of "American Horror Story |