The Burning Ring

by Katharine Burdekin, Katharine Burdekin

The Burning ring intricately presents a young man's rite of passage into full manhood in the form of a tripartite night journey; through use of a magic ring he finds himself able to engage in time travel, and has maturing experiences in three different epochs.

299 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

British novelist who wrote speculative fiction dealing with political, social, and spiritual issues.

She was the sister of Rowena Cade, creator of the Minack Theatre in Cornwall. Many of her novels could be categorized as feminist utopian/dystopian fiction.
She also wrote under the name Kay Burdekin and under the pseudonym Murray Constantine. Daphne Patai unraveled "Murray Constantine's" true identity while doing research on utopian and dystopian fiction in the mid-1980s.

Reviews

[Jonathan Norton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting fantasy from 1927, deserves a proper reprint or at least an e-book edition.