Saint Mungo a coracle in which she drifted across the River Forth to Culross in Fife. There Mungo was born. Mungo was brought up by Saint Serf who was ministering to the Picts in that area. It was Serf who gave him his popular pet-name. At the age of twenty-five, Mungo began his missionary labours on the Clyde, on the site of modern Glasgow. He built his church across the water from an extinct volcano, next to the Molendinar Burn, where the present medieval cathedral now stands. For some thirteen years, he laboured in the district, living a most austere life in
Mungo Melvin Reviews of Melvin's book concentrated on this question. Alexander Rose in the New York Times referred to "Mungo Melvin’s authoritative and splendidly comprehensive biography", and called Manstein Rose was also critical of what he saw as Melvin's narrow focus on military matters. He wrote: Tom Nagorski in the Wall Street Journal called "Manstein" "interesting but flawed," finding fault with its concentration on detailed descriptions of Manstein's work as a military commander. He wrote: Mungo Melvin Major-General Robert Adam Mungo Simpson Melvin (1955) CB OBE is a retired British British Army officer, and a noted military historian. He is best known