Garlands of Gold Author:Rosalind Laker In 17th century Rotterdam, young Saskia, newly orphaned, is employed as a lady's maid by an English merchant's wife. It soon becomes clear that Saskia's talent for making face balms and other potions -- a legacy from her dead mother -- exceeds her status. She catches the eye of Grinling Gibbins, her employers' only son and an apprentice carver a... more »lready renowned for his master of his own craft, as well as that of Grinling's friend, Robert Harding. When the Gibbons family returns to England, Saskia goes with them, and follows her ambition of setting up a business selling her beauty products. While Robert helps her, Saskia has given her heart to Grinling, a man whose interests lie elsewhere...« less