Chronicles (6)
'chronicles' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for annals that I've seen before include "Tomorrow (Spanish)" , "Archives" , "Record of events year by year" , "Chronological records, yearbooks" , "The Four Masters wrote them in 17th century" .)
(Other definitions for tales that I've seen before include "Stories, perhaps tall ones" , "They might be tall" , "Stale kind of stories" , "Stories, yarns" , "reports" .)