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Writing a Best-Seller While Broke: Interview w/ James Palmer of Foreign Policy Magazine | Ep. 109

The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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The Baron's Lost Treasure

i read about him in a peter hopkirk's book setting the east ablaze when i was 15 or 16. And so, like the baron's lost treasure is a recurring sort of themein golian, you know, folklore. I had to learn some very basic russian and spend money on people to translate our cibal documents in an old mongolian script. It was very productive. The first edition sold out very fast er, which was, which was lovely. Er, but then,you know, you still can't make a living from writing.

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