Along with the official timeline, the Hyrule Historia walks you through said timeline. This more in-depth timeline is all right. The art dotting it is neat, and the trivia that can be found within it is sort of interesting. But, the information provided is practically the same as reading the "Story" portion of all of the Zelda games' manuals.
Off to the side of each page there are some terms that get a little bit of in-depth treatment, but for the most part these terms are well known to players of the Zelda games. They're also written with an "in-world" perspective, which maintains the illusion of the timeline being a kind of chronicle. On the other hand, though, the development history of the terms defined would have made their definitions much more interesting reads.
However, the true value of the in depth timeline is that it weaves all of the major Zelda games together into one story. This unity of story is much appreciated, and no doubt there are hints or nods towards premises for future games in the series. Unfortunately, I've not come across any such hints yet.
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