Which Copperhead recording should you buy?
The second of Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles. The complete reading in the table, Andrew Cullum's, runs 16 hrs 56 mins; David Rintoul's, under the same title and from the same publisher, is an abridgement.
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Short answer
Andrew Cullum: complete and solo, and the same reader as the rest of the Starbuck Chronicles on Audible UK. David Rintoul's recording is an abridgement, at 3 hrs 10 mins against 16 hrs 56 mins for the complete reading in the table, and only Audible's abridged label says so: it has the same title, the same publisher and, word for word, the same description as Cullum's. Check the length before you buy.
The recordings, compared
| Narrator | Length | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Cullum Our pick | 16 hrs 56 mins | Unabridged | Complete and solo. Cullum reads the rest of the Starbuck Chronicles too. |
| David Rintoul | 3 hrs 10 mins | Abridged | Abridged, at 19% of the length of the complete reading. Marked abridged in Audible's listing data; its title and description are the same as the complete reading's. |