
Uniting Europe After WWII
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The History of Count Richard Von Kootenov-Kalagi
The life and times of Count Richard von Kootenov-Kalagi. He was a major figure in the 1920s and 30s, even later when he came back from exile in America. His wife Mitsu is the first Japanese woman to live on a permanent basis in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She has herself become an iconic figure back in Japan for her later life. And she ruled her household with a rod of iron - every child had to be extraordinarily obedient.
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