Which Bloody Ground recording should you buy?
The fourth of Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles, set in the late summer of 1862. The complete reading in the table, Andrew Cullum's, runs 14 hrs 48 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 14 hrs 48 mins for the complete reading in the table, and only Audible's abridged label says so: it has the same title and publisher as Cullum's, and its description never mentions a cut. Check the length before you buy.
The recordings, compared
| Narrator | Length | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Cullum Our pick | 14 hrs 48 mins | Unabridged | Complete and solo. Cullum reads the rest of the Starbuck Chronicles too. |
| David Rintoul | 3 hrs 10 mins | Abridged | Abridged, at 21% of the length of the complete reading. Marked abridged in Audible's listing data; the title is the same as the complete reading's and the description does not say abridged. |