Whilst on board , she became acquainted with Henri Rochefort , a famous polemicist , who became her friend until her death .
On board , she met Henri Rochefort , a famous polemist , who became her friend until her death .
The questions scholars now study include : `` the Revolution , war , nationalism , empire , class , ` improvement ' [ of the estate ] , the clergy , town versus ( against ) country , abolition , the professions , female emancipation ; whether her politics were Tory , Whig , or radical ; whether she was a conservative or a revolutionary , or occupied ( kept ) a reformist position between these extremes '' .