Colin Janes was born in Oxford and read Classics at King's College, London. He lived and worked in Greece for 30 years, leading walking holidays in the Greek and Cretan mountains. ...view moreColin Janes was born in Oxford and read Classics at King's College, London. He lived and worked in Greece for 30 years, leading walking holidays in the Greek and Cretan mountains. In addition to publishing The Eagles of Crete, Colin Janes later published The Guerrillas of Crete, which tells of the civil war on the island and gives an account of the lives of those who took part in it in the years that followed. Colin Janes now lives in Dorset.view less