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Gustav III was shot, in the back and at close range, at Stockholm\u2019s Royal Opera House on 16th March, 1792. But he didn\u2019t die for another two weeks. Which made things rather difficult for the conspirators who had assassinated him.\nDuring his two decades on the throne, Sweden\u2019s \u2018Culture King\u2019 had increased religious freedom, widened opportunities for ordinary citizens and built the very opera house in which he was attacked. But his popularity with the people did not spare him the wrath of the nobility - quite the reverse.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how, at a masked ball, the King was still so readily identifiable; ask whether his war with Russia was a clever or foolish piece of military strategy; and reveal the ugly fate that befell his assailant\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018That Fatal Shot \u2014 by the Royal Armoury, Sweden\u2019 (Google Arts & Culture): https://artsandculture.google.com/story/that-fatal-shot-the-royal-armoury-sweden/MQURevye_fzGJQ?hl=en\n\u2022 \u2018Gustav III of Sweden: The Forgotten Despot of the Age of Enlightenment\u2019 (History Today, 2003): https://www.historytoday.com/archive/gustav-iii-sweden-forgotten-despot-age-enlightenment\n\u2022 \u2018The Ambitious Building Projects of Gustav III\u2019 (Kings And Things, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5MbLbv2gSU\n#1800s #Sweden #Crime #Royals \nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices