Claim: C. S. Forester was illiterate.
Evidence: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith -LRB- 27 August 1899 -- 2 April 1966 -RRB- , known by his pen name Cecil Scott `` C. S. '' Forester , was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series , depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars.