While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings). The novels were adapted for French television in 1972,[5] gaining a wider audience through overseas sales, and again in 2005, starring Jeanne Moreau. Fantasy writer George RR Martin stated that the novels had been an inspiration for his A Song of Ice and Fire series.[6]