1596 and Sir Robert Vicary is bullied by the Queen's Council into hosting an important guest, Grigori Stanic, the ambassador of distant Muscovy (Russia). The ambassador is to take home a magnificent gift: a gold chain with a priceless, jewelled pendant. But no sooner has it arrived, than it is stolen.
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