Importance of Pauline Bonaparte

Pauline Bonaparte comes to the Caribbean with her military husband. A sensualist, she enjoys the exotic islands. When a plague hits Santo Domingo, Pauline's husband sends her to an island off the coast of Venezuela. When Pauline's husband comes down with yellow fever, Pauline becomes absorbed in voodoo, learning from her favorite attendant, a black man named Soliman. However, as she leaves the Caribbean after her husband's death, Pauline's attachment to voodoo practices falls away as well.