Peter Woods Abroad

Peter Woods is a charming Englishman whose personality enables him to be promoted in the business world at an early age. He becomes engaged to the boss's daughter, who is killed in a car accident on the eve of their wedding. His life becomes a compromise between his ambition and his grief, with the former winning out. The action takes place in Paris, Vienna, Geneva, London and several countries of North Africa, at a time when major international conflicts left few clues as to their eventual outcomes.