This is an image of the cover of "The Shivering Sands," a romantic suspense novel by Victoria Holt, first published in 1969. The depiction's solitary, vulnerable female figure seems reminiscent of Collins' Rosanna Spearman.

Holt is known to have…

A picture of the Shivering Sands' WWII anti-aircraft bunkers.

Note the anthropomorphic, steampunk-esque architectural style. In some sense, these figures retain the haunting, gothic elements of Collins' Shivering Sand.

The Kohinoor diamond, the real moonstone, set in the crown of Queen Elizabeth the queen mother.

An image of the real moonstone - actually called the Kohinoor diamond, meaning "mountain of light"

The cover for a text which I incorporate into my scholarly analysis of Charles Dickens as a promoter of social work.

An illustration of Betteredge and Sergeant Cuff at the Shivering Sand. This illustration, along with the scene it depicts, first appeared in Dickens' weekly magazine "All the Year Round."

The scene depicted occurs in Narrative I, Chapter XV of…

An image of a woman in Victorian, or perhaps somewhat post-Victorian, apparel at the beach.

"A Promise Broken" by GettysGirl441 at DeviantArt.