Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-29740399-20161120013107/@comment-28895263-20161123070658

I would think that Daenerys had some access to "book learning" while growing up in Essos. Daenerys and Viserys were often guests of Essos nobles, or well-off commoners (merchants?). Even on the run, there would have been some reading time. I could see her as a bookish little girl.

She also had some second-hand knowledge from Ser Barristan, who served her father, and Rhaegar.

I'm inclined to think that she knows just about everything that we (audience) know.