I just finished a book in German.
It’s called “Palast der Winde” von M.M. Kayes, ISBN 3-596-28119-9

Here’s the English version:

“It’s about a British boy that got raised the first 11 years in his Life by an Indian woman, but finally got back to his “roots", got educated in Britain and went back to the British military in India.
He never really felt like he belongs to any of the two races and that’s the main reason why a lot of stuff develops in his Life like it does.”

I actually liked the book a lot. I never read anything about India before and never had a closer look on Indian history.
It is a Novel, but the details in History are not Fantasy.

It gets a * out of 5 from me. From first to last page a good, capturing read.