"A Voice from the Flame: A Sermon Provoked by the Public Burning of the Bible in Kingstown by the Red Jesuits on November 5, 1855" is a rare document of a pragmatically concise narrative. The author Robert Wallace reproduces the facts of the wretched event and at the same time surrounds them with an analysis of the thoughts, feelings and experiences of individuals who witnessed this scandalous act. The book immerses the reader in the atmosphere of tension, social conflicts and religious disputes of that time, and also makes one think about the eternal values and importance of every word that we utter.