Possible Clues:

• Napoleon, by birth
• Maybe Napoleon thus features in my article
• Icon's car damaged coming from Ajaccio?
• Islander's oral lessons I am able to follow
• If islander loses crop, it will mean rise of shepherd
• Befuddled Costa Rican at missing islander
• Island nationality of citizen of Ajaccio, say Napoleon
• Cry of surprise that's repeated precisely by an islander
• Islander's crop invaded by perverse shepherd
• Islander such as Napoleon