Having written a narrative history myself with that one word as a title, I know exactly what they mean.

The book is written as a narrative history intended for young readers.

Here his lectures on narrative Chinese history were welcomed by the students and two years later he became a full professor.

Urban biography is the narrative history of a city, and often reaches a general audience.

He believed in narrative history, one damned thing after another.

It was, however, his only substantial contribution to narrative medieval history.

It is considered as a masterpiece of narrative history for its pictorial language.

First, he uses it as an organizing principle for a narrative history of Hollywood.

This narrative history includes many illustrations and reprints of original documents.

McCullough has been called a "master of the art of narrative history."