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I've been a fan of Kay since his original trilogy, the Fionavar Tapestry-which is a nod to King Arthur era like events and characters when five Canadian University students end up in Fionavar "the first of all worlds"-those are definitely high fantasy books. But most (all?) of his subsequent books could rightly be called historical fantasy. They are set in an alternate version of Earth but use actual historic events from our earth to tell his story.
Under Heaven which I just finished for example-is set an alternate dynastic China-revolving around the events leading to an war that actually took place on "our" Earth. Any magic in the novel is of the supernatural part and appropriate to the era and cultures being used. (ancestors, ghosts, and one character "reborn").
The ending disappointed me, and I prefer High Fantasy over Low, but if you like history like me, the rest of his books outside the original trilogy are certainly worth checking out.
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