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Another, thinking about it, is M. M Kaye's _The Far Pavillions_. It's a sweeping historical romance set in India under the British Raj.
The protagonist is a British officer in the Guides regiment, who was born in India of British parents, but raised by an Indian woman after his parent's death, and who learned to speak Hindustani before he learned English. (This is a mixed blessing, as when he fails an Indian language test by doing too well, with the graders assuming he used a crib.)
He's a child of two worlds, trying to balance competing loyalties, in a life made more complicated by the love of an Indian princess and an ill-fated British campaign in Afghanistan.
It conveys a healthy sense of and respect for a very foreign culture, along with healthy dollops of adventure, tragedy, and love.
(I believe this is available as a Kindle edition. I'm not sure about other formats.)
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Dennis
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