This audiobook is performed/read by Patrick Macnee (who played on the old TV show "The Avengers") He does different accents for the different characters. This version ISBN 0787119636, does NOT contain any extra stories as the official review says. It includes 2 cassetes, has the cover shown in the picture, and on the package says it is abridged from the full version of the novel. The back cover describes this book as the "eleventh and final volume in C. S. Forester's classic naval adventure series."