Dic: the story of something

3 [N-COUNT] usu N of n | The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began.

• ...the story of the women's movement in Ireland.

5.【HISTORY】a description of the most important events in someone's life or in the development of something.

• the Charlie Parker Story. 
• He wanted to have his life story told on film.

.... Cobuild, LDOCE