In reply and clarification for a review:
Thanks for reviewing.
Actually, I have done research on this.
No, it is not based on the movie. I just published it by happy accident near the release of the movie. (And I did not actually see the movie until it came out on DVD.)
I am basing it on the legend Which originated from Wales or Cornwall and it predates the infamous Lancelot Guinevere Arthur love triangle.
Yes. It does. Although my reviewers have told me otherwise, I beg to differ. Tristan and Isolde is a Celtic legend. Tristan is a Pictish name which diffused into the Welsh and Irish cultures. A localization of the tale survives in Cornwall around a Tristan (sp) stone. This place,Cornwall is also associated with King Mark.
Tristan and Isolde was not associated with Arthurian Legend until Sir Malory's Morte D'Arthur. This story was used as a foil for the original Guinevere -Mordred -Arthur love triangle. Mordred was originally Arthur's bastard son who stole Guinevere (I believe seduced works too) and usurped the throne. Mordred is later replaced with Lancelot.
Tristan and Isolde first was written down in the 12th c. or 1100s. There was no mention of Arthur. There was also a German retelling, a Norse retelling, and then Malory's Morte D'Arthur.
The late 1200s is the arrival of the French romantic version. This has little mention of King Arthur. This is called the Roman de Tristan. This period in French oral tradition is obsessed with the ideals of chivalry and romance. The Court of Eleanor D'Aquitaine was one of the most worldly, and made the romances a favorite past time. Supposedly she was the patron Of Chretien de Troyes. Who expanded on the Arthurian legends and first told of the Holy Grail, the Lancelot love triangle and he writes about King Mark and Iseult (Sp) but does not mention a Tristan...
