The Interesting Story of Col. Eugene Lietensdorfer-- Part 2: From Here To There To Everywhere

However, the French suspected him of being a spy and threw him into jail.  He escaped by poisoning his guards and changed his name again, this time to Jean Eugene Lietensdorfer and rejoined the French Army and had been part of the force that invaded Egypt, but had switched sides, later joining the British.

After that he wandered and even ran a coffee shop for British officers in Alexandria, had married a Coptic maiden, his second wife.  But, when the British withdrew, he left as well, leaving his wife and eventually making his way to Messina.  There, he entered a Capuchin monastery as a novice friar.

He found this live wasn't for him so made his way to Constantinople where he became a dervish and Muslim.  He went by the name of Murat Aga and wandered through the Middle East, eventually making his way to Mecca and Jedda.

Finally, he got the job of interpreter to Lord Gordon and accompanied him on a tour of Abyssinia and returned to Egypt where he met William Eaton.  This is where he was involved in the First Barbary War.

And, we're not finished with his story yet.  Wonder where he went next?

Quite A Bit of Moving On For This Man.  --Cooter