Breaking the Line: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Nelson series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Breaking the Line audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Andrew Wincott (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nelson
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 29.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 41.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | On a Making Tide | 14.9 hrs |
| 2 | Tested by Fate | 14.4 hrs |
| 3 | Breaking the Line | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Andrew Wincott
Andrew Wincott narrates 131 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,347 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
934 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Breaking the Line is book 3 of David Donachie's Nelson series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Wincott, released January 1, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Wincott
- Released
- January 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Nelson #3
- ISBN
- 9781407934587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Breaking the Line audiobook?
Breaking the Line runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Breaking the Line audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Breaking the Line?
Breaking the Line is narrated by Andrew Wincott.
Is Breaking the Line worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.