 thumbnail|left|giuseppe fieschi giuseppe marco fieschi (13 december 1790 &ndash; 19 february 1836) was the chief conspirator in an attempt on the life of king louis-philippe of france in july 1835.  ==life== fieschi was born on 13 december 1790 in bocognano, a commune on the island of corsica. his parents were louis and marie lucie, of pomonti. he had two brothers, thomas and anthony. thomas was killed in the battle of wagram. anthony was mute from birth. guiseppe spent his childhood and adolescence as a shepard. in 1808 he joined a corsican regiment and was sent to naples, then to russia to fight in the napoleonic wars. in 1812 he held the rang of sergeant. in 1815 he joined former king joachim murat of naples in an ill-fated attempt to regain his kingdom. bouveroin  suggest that fieschi played a treacherous role in the capture and subsequent execution of joachim murat. according to harsin  fieschi escapes execution and is deported to france where he is eventually sentenced in 1816 to 10 years jail for the theft of a steer. there he meets a fellow female inmate, laurence petit. upon his release in 1826 he moves to lyon, petit's hometown. shortly after the july revolution fieschi moves to paris, calling himself a political prisoner. he scams his way through paris on account of his 'political prisoner' status. he also maintained a life-long affair with his stepdaughter nina which led to the break-up of his relationship with her mother, laurence. he obtained a small post in paris by means of forged papers; but he eventually lost his job and pensions that he had scammed off the government. ==the assassination attempt on louis philippe i== in 1831 he met his later-to-be co-conspirator pierre morey being a neighbour. the two contrived the plan for an "infernal machine" consisting of 25 gun-barrels which could be fired off simultaneously. morey took the plan to theodore pepin, chief of the society of the rights of man section rome. after a meeting they decide to build the apparat
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